When The King Took Flight Timothy Tackett Harvard University Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

On A June Night In 1791 King Louis Xvi And Marie-Antoinette Fled Paris Disguise Hoping To Escape The Mounting Turmoil Of French Revolution They Were Arrested By Small Group Citizens Few Miles From Belgian Border Forced Return Two Years Later Would Both Die At Guillotine It Is This Extraordinary Story Events Leading Up Away That Tackett Recounts Gripping Novelistic Style King\ S Flight Opens Window Whole Society During Each Dramatic Chapter Spotlights Different Segment Population Queen As Plotted Executed Their People Varennes Who Apprehended Royal Family Radicals Urged An End Monarchy Leaders National Assembly Struggling Control Spiraling Crisis Ordinary Stunned Desertion Shows How Louis\ Reshaped Popular Attitudes Toward Kingship Intensified Fears Invasion Conspiracy Helped Pave Way For Reign Terror Brings Life Array Unique Characters Struggle Confront Monumental Transformations Set Motion 1789 So Doing He Offers Important New Interpretation Emphasizing Unpredictable Contingent Character Underscores Power Single Event Change Irrevocably Course Consequently History World Σελίδες: 288 Έτος Έκδοσης: 1018 Διαστάσεις: 12 7X12 7Cm