Maria Antoinette Makers of History

Louis XV.--Prince Louis.--Madame du Barri.--Her dissolute character.--Children of Louis XV.--Anecdote of Madame du Barri.--Madame du Barri's beauty.--Her political influence.--M...

Apprehension of poison.--The queen daily insulted.--An assassin in the queen's chamber.--The allied army.--Parties in France.--The Royalists, Girondists, and Jacobins.--Constern...

Remark of Talleyrand.--The Cardinal de Rohan.--Rohan's smuggling operations.--He is disgraced.--The Countess Lamotte.--The queen's jewelry.--Boehmer, the crown jeweler.--The dia...

A gathering storm.--Condition of the French people.--Forces assembled at Versailles.--The populace rise upon the troops.--Terror and confusion.--Attack on the Bastile.--The Bast...

Louis XV. seized with small-pox.--Flight of the courtiers.--The Marchioness du Pompadour.--Her dissolute character.--Debauchery of Louis XV.--He squanders the public revenue.--R...

Maria Theresa.--She succeeds to the throne.--Success of Maria Theresa's enemies.--Her flight to Hungary.--The queen's firmness.--The Hungarian barons.--The queen's appeal.--Enth...

Condition of the royal family.--Ignominiously insulted.--The royal family surrounded by spies.--The queen refuses to escape.--Excuse for the emigrants.--Their plans.--Profligate...

Despair of the king.--Lovely character of Madame Elizabeth.--Return to Paris.--Insults of the mob.--Massacre of M. Dampierre.--Commissioners from Paris.--Noble character of Barn...

Increasing excitement.--Inflammatory speech of Marat.--The king and queen resolve to fly.--Effort's of the king's brother.--Exasperation of the people.--Intention of the king.--...

The dauphin and the princesses.--Painful uncertainty.--Sufferings of the princesses.--Their dismal cell.--Painful thoughts.--Unwelcome visitors.--The princesses separated.--Brut...

Ominous preparations.--The king summoned before the Convention.--The king before the Convention.--Charges brought against him.--The king begs for a morsel of bread.--He is taken...

Sufferings of the queen.--Announcement of her husband's death.--Cruel decree.--Maria's defense of her boy.--The dauphin's cell.--The queen summoned to the Conciergerie.--Painful...