Louis XVI and the French Revolution [NC LIVE HomeGrown Ebook Collection via Biblioboard

"This biography traces the painfully exciting events involving Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, and their two children. The royal family was first taken by a violent mob from Versailles to Paris. They attempted an escape but it failed when they had almost reached safety. A year later the king and queen were guillotined"--Provided by publisher.;Youth and marriage -- Early years of reign -- Marie Antoinette's lifestyle -- Deteriorating financial situation -- The necklace affair -- Attempts to avoid bankruptcy -- Composition of the estates-general -- Opening of the estates-general -- Fall of the Bastille -- Accommodating the revolutionaries -- Mob takes royal family captive -- Life of the royal family in Paris -- Bastille anniversary celebration -- Civil constitution of the clergy -- Flight to Varennes -- Final steps toward a constitutional monarchy -- Acceptance of the constitution -- Invasion of the Tuileries Palace -- Attacks by Austrian and Prussian forces -- Insurrectional commune seizes power in Paris -- Battle at the Tuileries Palace -- The royal family in prison -- September prison massacres -- French military successes -- Trial of the king -- King condemned to death -- Final hours and execution. Louis XVI was a gentle and unassuming man who did not want to be king but attempted to work for the welfare of his people--until his government was engulfed by the violent upheavals of the French Revolution. Facing the rapidly changing desires of his subjects, he gave way to the policies they demanded. Few rulers have acquiesced to such startling changes of government within such a brief span of time. Louis XVI lacked the charisma of Marie Antoinette, but he is remarkable for the courage he exhibited when facing violent armed men only a few feet away. The quiet dignity with which he approached his execution has been praised by countless people, including Albert Camus and Victor Hugo. This biography traces the painfully exciting events involving Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette and their two children. The royal family was first taken by a violent mob from Versailles to Paris. They attempted an escape but it failed when they had almost reached safety. A year later the king and queen were guillotined. Louis XVI was a gentle and unassuming man who did not 1 want to be king but attempted to work for the welfare of1 his people—until his government was engulfed by the violent upheavals of the French Revolution. Facing the rapidly changing desires of his subjects, he gave way to the policies they demanded. Few rulers have acquiesced to such startling changes of government within such a brief span of time. Louis XVI lacked the charisma of Marie Antoinette, but he 1is remarkable for the courage he exhibited when facing violent armed men only a few feet away. The quiet dignity with which he approached his execution has been praised by countless people, including Albert Camus and Victor Hugo. This biography traces the painfully exciting events involving Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette and their two children. The royal family was first taken by a violent mob from Versailles to Paris. They attempted an escape but it failed when they had almost reached safety. A year later the king...