Marie-Antoinette : The Making of a French Queen
Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS -- PREFACE -- ONE FROM ARCHDUCHESS TO DAUPHINE -- THE FALL OF CHOISEUL -- TWO THE COURT UNDER LOUIS XVI AND MARIE-ANTOINETTE -- THE COURT -- MADAME DE POLIGNAC -- THE COMTE...
| 1. Verfasser: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
| Veröffentlicht: |
New Haven : Yale University Press,
2019
|
| Schlagworte: | Electronic books Marie Antoinette |
| Umfang: | 1 online resource (401 pages) |
| Zusammenfassung: | Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS -- PREFACE -- ONE FROM ARCHDUCHESS TO DAUPHINE -- THE FALL OF CHOISEUL -- TWO THE COURT UNDER LOUIS XVI AND MARIE-ANTOINETTE -- THE COURT -- MADAME DE POLIGNAC -- THE COMTE DE VAUDREUIL -- AXEL VON FERSEN -- THREE A QUEEN IN SEARCH OF A ROLE 1774-1781 -- MAUREPAS AND MARIE-ANTOINETTE -- MARIE-ANTOINETTE'S EARLY POLITICAL INTERVENTIONS -- MOTHERHOOD AND ITS REPERCUSSIONS -- THE AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE, NECKER AND MARIE-ANTOINETTE -- FOUR GROWING UNPOPULARITY 1781-1785 -- VAUDREUIL AND MARIE-ANTOINETTE -- THE SAINT-CLOUD PURCHASE -- THE DUTCH AFFAIR -- MARIE-ANTOINETTE AND HER CHILDREN -- FIVE THE DIAMOND NECKLACE AFFAIR 1785-1786 -- SIX THE ASCENDANCY OF MARIE-ANTOINETTE 1787-1788 -- THE REVOLT OF THE PARLEMENT -- SEVEN THE LAST YEAR AT VERSAILLES -- THE QUEEN'S UNPOPULARITY DEEPENS -- NECKER -- EIGHT APPEASEMENT AND PLANS FOR RESISTANCE -- THE NEW SITUATION: THE LOCATION OF POWER IN 1790 -- APPEASEMENT AND RESISTANCE -- MIRABEAU -- THE ESCAPE PLANS -- THE OBJECTIVES -- THE KING AND QUEEN DECIDE TO ESCAPE -- INTRODUCING BARNAVE -- NINE THE FLIGHT TO VARENNES -- THE REACTION IN PARIS -- MARIE-ANTOINETTE AND BARNAVE: THE START OF A POLITICAL AFFAIR -- REVISION AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE CONSTITUTION -- TEN 'MARIE-ANTOINETTE WILL BECOME QUEEN OF FRANCE AGAIN' -- WAR -- ELEVEN THE FALL OF THE MONARCHY -- TWELVE IMPRISONMENT IN A TOWER -- THE QUEEN'S TRIAL -- CONCLUSION -- EPILOGUE: UBI SUNT? -- NOTES -- A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX. |
|---|---|
| Beschreibung: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (401 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780300249033 0300249039 9780300243086 0300243081 |