The Lost King Of France

Author : Deborah Cadbury
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 000733379X
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lost King of France written by Deborah Cadbury and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2009-08 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'This is history as it should be. It is stunningly written, I could not put it down. This is the best account of the French Revolution I have ever read.' Alison Weir, author of 'Henry VIII, King and Court' The fascinating, moving story of the brief life and many possible deaths of Louis XVII, son of Marie-Antoinette. Louis-Charles Bourbon enjoyed a charmed early childhood in the gilded palace of Versailles. At the age of four, he became the Dauphin, heir to the most powerful throne in Europe. Yet within five years, he was to lose everything. Drawn into the horror of the French Revolution, his family was incarcerated. Two years later, following the brutal execution of both his parents, the Revolutionary leaders declared Louis XVII was dead. No grave was dug, no monument built to mark his passing. Immediately, rumours spread that the Prince had, in fact, escaped from prison and was still alive. Others believed that he had been murdered, his heart cut out and preserved as a relic. In time, his older sister, Marie-Therese, who survived the Revolution, was approached by countless 'brothers' who claimed not only his name, but also his inheritance. Several 'Princes' were plausible, but which, if any, was the real Louis-Charles? Deborah Cadbury's 'The Lost King of France' is a moving and dramatic story which conclusively reveals the identity of the young prince who was lost in the tower. This book is available as a print-on-demand product only.

Author : Deborah Cadbury
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0312283121
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lost King of France written by Deborah Cadbury and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2002-10-18 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the story of the missing dauphin and heir of the executed Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, examining historic events from multiple angles and presenting DNA evidence to reveal new conclusions.

Author : Deborah Cadbury
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780007148097
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lost King of France written by Deborah Cadbury and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A true story of royalty, revolution and mystery - the detective story of the brief life and many possible deaths of Louis XVII, the son of Marie Antoinette. Louis-Charles Bourbon enjoyed a charmed early childhood in the gilded palace of Versailles. At the age of four, he became the Dauphin, heir to the most powerful throne in Europe. Yet within five years, he was to lose everything. Drawn into the horror of the French Revolution, his family was incarcerated and their fate thrust into the hands of the revolutionaries who wished to destroy the monarchy.

Author : Deborah Cadbury
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312320294
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lost King of France written by Deborah Cadbury and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2003-10-23 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Royalty, revolution, and scientific mystery---the dramatic true account of the fate of Louis XVII, son of Marie Antoinette, and an extraordinary detective story that spans more than two hundred years.

Author : Deborah Cadbury
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1429971444
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lost King of France written by Deborah Cadbury and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2003-04-01 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Royalty, revolution, and scientific mystery---the dramatic true account of the fate of Louis XVII, son of Marie Antoinette, and an extraordinary detective story that spans more than two hundred years. Louis-Charles, Duc de Normandie, enjoyed a charmed early childhood in the gilded palace of Versailles. At the age of four, he became the dauphin, heir to the most powerful throne in Europe. Yet within five years he was to lose everything. Drawn into the horror of the French Revolution, his family was incarcerated and their fate thrust into the hands of the revolutionaries who wished to destroy the monarchy. In 1793, when Marie Antoinette was beheaded at the guillotine, she left her adored eight-year-old son imprisoned in the Temple Tower. Far from inheriting a throne, the orphaned boy-king had to endure the hostility and abuse of a nation. Two years later, the revolutionary leaders declared Louis XVII dead. No grave was dug, no monument built to mark his passing. Immediately, rumors spread that the prince had, in fact, escaped from prison and was still alive. Others believed that he had been murdered, his heart cut out and preserved as a relic. As with the tragedies of England's princes in the Tower and the Romanov archduchess Anastasia, countless "brothers" soon approached Louis-Charles's older sister, Marie-Therese, who survived the revolution. They claimed not only the dauphin's name, but also his inheritance. Several "princes" were plausible, but which, if any, was the real heir to the French throne? The Lost King of France is a moving and dramatic tale that interweaves a pivotal moment in France's history with a compelling detective story that involves pretenders to the crown, royalist plots and palace intrigue, bizarre legal battles, and modern science. The quest for the truth continued into the twenty-first century, when, thanks to DNA testing, the strange odyssey of a stolen heart found within the royal tombs brought an exciting conclusion to the two-hundred-year-old mystery of the lost king of France.

Author : Rafael Sabatini
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lost King written by Rafael Sabatini and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-07-21 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Lost King" is a historical fiction novel by Rafael Sabatini. The story gives life to old legends about Louis XVII. He was the son of King Louis XVI of France and Queen Marie Antoinette. The official history tells that Louis was kept in prison at the time of his parents' execution and died there at the age of ten. Yet, the legends tell that he escaped to foreign lands where he lived to old age. In Sabatini's version, Louis escaped to Switzerland, from where he plotted his triumphant return to claim the throne of France. A great story for the fans of historical suspense and adventure.

Author : Deborah Cadbury
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0007395000
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lost King of France: The Tragic Story of Marie-Antoinette's Favourite Son (Text Only Edition) written by Deborah Cadbury and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2012-05-03 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘This is history as it should be. It is stunningly written, I could not put it down. This is the best account of the French Revolution I have ever read.’ Alison Weir, author of ‘Henry VIII, King and Court’

Author : Raphael Sabatini
Publisher : House of Stratus
ISBN 13 : 0755152883
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lost King written by Raphael Sabatini and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2014-11-30 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lost King' tells the story of Louis XVII – the French royal who allegedly died at the age of ten but, as legend has it, escaped to foreign lands where he lived to an old age. Sabatini breathes life into these age-old myths, creating a story of passion, revenge and betrayal.

Author : Henry Shackelford
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lost King written by Henry Shackelford and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Tommaso di Carpegna Falconieri
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226145271
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Man Who Believed He Was King of France written by Tommaso di Carpegna Falconieri and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2009-05-15 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Replete with shady merchants, scoundrels, hungry mercenaries, scheming nobles, and maneuvering cardinals, The Man Who Believed He Was King of France proves the adage that truth is often stranger than fiction—or at least as entertaining. The setting of this improbable but beguiling tale is 1354 and the Hundred Years’ War being waged for control of France. Seeing an opportunity for political and material gain, the demagogic dictator of Rome tells Giannino di Guccio that he is in fact the lost heir to Louis X, allegedly switched at birth with the son of a Tuscan merchant. Once convinced of his birthright, Giannino claims for himself the name Jean I, king of France, and sets out on a brave—if ultimately ruinous—quest that leads him across Europe to prove his identity. With the skill of a crime scene detective, Tommaso di Carpegna Falconieri digs up evidence in the historical record to follow the story of a life so incredible that it was long considered a literary invention of the Italian Renaissance. From Italy to Hungry, then through Germany and France, the would-be king’s unique combination of guile and earnestness seems to command the aid of lords and soldiers, the indulgence of inn-keepers and merchants, and the collusion of priests and rogues along the way. The apparent absurdity of the tale allows Carpegna Falconieri to analyze late-medieval society, exploring questions of essence and appearance, being and belief, at a time when the divine right of kings confronted the rise of mercantile culture. Giannino’s life represents a moment in which truth, lies, history, and memory combine to make us wonder where reality leaves off and fiction begins.