Marie Antoinettes Darkest Days

Posted on 03 January 2018 by Will Bashor

This compelling book begins on the 2nd of August 1793, the day Marie Antoinette was torn from her family s arms and escorted from the Temple to the Conciergerie, a thick walled fortress turnedprison It was also known as the waiting room for the guillotine because prisoners only spent a day or two here before their conviction and subsequent execution The ex queen surely knew her days were numbered, but she could never have known that two and a half months would pass before she would finally stand trial and be convicted of the most ungodly charges Will Bashor traces the final days of the prisoner registered only as Widow Capet, No 280, a time that was a cruel mixture of grandeur, humiliation, and terror Marie Antoinette s reign amidst the splendors of the court of Versailles is a familiar story, but her final imprisonment in a fetid, dank dungeon is a little known coda to a once charmed life Her seventy six days in this terrifying prison can only be described as the darkest and most horrific of the fallen queen s life, vividly recaptured in this richly researched history. New Download [ Marie Antoinettes Darkest Days ] Author [ Will Bashor ] – kino-fada.fr 3.5 STARS Thank you to Netgalley Rowman Littlefield for my ARC in exchange for a fair honest review This is a moving and comprehensive account of Prisoner No 280 s final days, leading to her fate with the guillotine Now known as widow Capet she was formerly known as Marie Antoinette, Queen of France.Austrian by birth, Marie Antoinette was seen by the French people as a rather cold and thoughtless person, who continued to live a particularly lavish lifestyle whilst they were w 3.5 STARS Thank you to Netgalley Rowman Littlefield for my ARC in exchange for a fair honest review This is a moving and comprehensive account of Prisoner No 280 s final days, leading to her fate with the guillotine Now known as widow Capet she was formerly known as Marie Antoinette, Queen of France.Austrian by birth, Marie Antoinette was seen by the French people as a rather cold and thoughtless person, who continued to live a particularly lavish lifestyle whilst they were were left without even the most s...Marie Antoinette, also known as Widow Capet, No 280, was imprisoned in the dungeons of the Conciergerie prison for two and half months until the guillotine took her life and finally ended her suffering mentally and physically The Revolutionary press did not help her situation by printing false stories which went too far with their hatred of the Queen who wanted her head at any cost Not all Parisians were so viciously against her as many attempted to rescue Marie and her young son who was kep Marie Antoinette, also known as Widow Capet, No 280, was imprisoned in the dungeons of the Conciergerie prison for two and half months until the guillotine took her life and finally ended her suffering mentally and physically The Revolutionary press did not help her situation by printing false stories which went too far with their hatred of the Queen who wanted her head at any cost Not all Parisians were ...This book reads like a novel and I zipped right through it.After Louis XVI is executed Marie Antoinette is ripped from her family and her incarceration at the Conciergerie begins She s sick both physically and mentally and she ll spend 76 days in this dungeon before her death and ...I thought that after the King and Queen of France were taken by the Revolutionaries that what happened went like, You were the monarchs but now we have a Republic Off with your heads and boom, it was done How wrong I was Did you know, that both Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were given very brief public trials Did you know that Marie Antoinette languished in a prison for weeks after her husband was executed Did you know that the bodies of both former monarchs were dumped in unmarked gr I thought that after the King and Queen of France were taken by the Revolutionaries that what happened went like, You were the monarchs but now we have a Republic Off with your heads and boom, it was done How wrong I was Did you know, that both Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were given very brief public trials Did you know that Marie Antoinette languished in a prison for weeks after her husband was executed Did you know that the bodies of both former monarchs were dumped in unmarked graves Marie Antoinette s Darkest Days taught me so much about this horrific period of French history At times, especially during th...Informative and Memorable MARIE ANTOINETTE was born November 2, 1755 and died by decapitation on October 16, 1793 She was executed only hours after receiving a guilty verdict, and the horror story of her last 76 days of incarceration is told here.Will Bashor writes an enticing and detailed work of non fiction describing the harsh and frightening prison conditions, the ex Queen s crude treatment in the cell, her brutally long days of trial interrogationwhile in declining healthand the horrif Informative and Memorable MARIE ANTOINETTE was born November 2, 1755 and died by decapitation on October 16, 1793 She was executed only hours after receiving a guilty verdict, and the horror story of her last 76 days of incarceration is told here.Will Bashor writes an enticing and detailed work of non fiction describing the harsh and frightening prison conditions, the ex Queen s crude treatment in the cell, her brutally long days of trial interrogationwhile in declining healthand the horrific ...A sad and harrowing look at the last days of Marie Antoinette s life Taken away from her children, her husband already guillotined, she is kept form while as a pawn in the political maneuverings of the time, treated kindly by a few, cruelly by many Plans for her escape doomed time and time again In ill health and heartbroken her days are a monotonous and repetitive passing of time Impeccably researched, maps of the prison included, interesting reading but for me it lacked heart A recitation A sad and harrowing look at the last days of Marie Antoinette s life Taken away from her children, her husband already guillotined, she is kept form while as a pawn in t...What an unexpected find My perceptions of Marie Antoinette were previously influenced by A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Famously, Marie Antoinette was to have cried, if they have no bread, then let them eat cake King Louis VII and Marie Antoinette indulged in excesses while the citizenry starved.Marie Antoinette s Darkest Days Prisoner No 280 in the Conciergerie is a thoroughly researched historical masterpiece Written in a novelistic style, documentation of her seventy six days What an unexpected find My perceptions of Marie Antoinette were previously influenced by A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Famously, Marie Antoinette was to have cried, if they have no bread, then let them eat cake King Louis VII and Marie Antoinette indulged in excesses while the citizenry starved.Marie Antoinette s Darkest Days Prisoner No 280 in the Conciergerie is a thoroughly researched historical masterpiece Written in a novelistic style, documentation of her seventy six days in the Conciergerie awaiting trial and eventual death by guillotine are star...Overall, enjoyed the book I might have given this book a higher rating, except for two main reasons First, there are various spelling errors and awkward grammatical passages in the book More importantly, though, are some puzzling omissions For example, the author provides us almost minute by minute coverage of Marie Antoinette s trial However, he jumps almost immediately from the conclusion of the trial to the sentence handed down to her entirely skipping the jury s actual pronouncement Overall, enjoyed the book I might have given this book a higher rating, except for two main reasons First, there are various spelling errors and awkward grammatical passages in the book More importantly, though, are some puzzling omissions For example, the author provides us almost minute by minute coverage of Marie Antoinette s trial However, he jumps almost immediately from the conclusi...So, I ve read Marie Antoinette The Journey, which is a very general book that covers all of her life This one only covers her final seventy days, much like Alison Weir s The Lady in the Tower The Fall of Anne Boleyn only covers the last months of Anne Boleyn s life It s an intense look at what she went through, the plots that people conspired, and her...Thanks to publisher Rowman Littlefield and Netgalley for a free egalley copy for review.This book is a gateway drug It could lure impressionable young people into history People associate history with men, but statistics show it often affects women Know the warning signs You can pretend not to notice she s doing Doris Kearns Goodwin and tell yourself it s only a phase But by the time you find the Margaret MacMillan hidden in her mattress, it ll probably be too late she ll already be Thanks to publisher Rowman Littlefield and Netgalley for a free egalley copy for review.This book is a gateway drug It could lure impressionable young people into history People associate history with men, but statistics show it often affects women Know the warning signs You can pretend not to notice she s doing Doris Kearns Goodwin and tell yourself it s only a phase But by the time you find the Margaret MacMillan hidden in her mattress, it ll probably be too late she ll already be experimenting with Eric Hobsbawm Talk t...

03 January 2018

Will Bashor