The Lost King of France: The Tragic Story of Marie-Antoinette's Favourite Son

The Lost King of France: The Tragic Story of Marie-Antoinette's Favourite Son
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‘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.Note that it has not been possible to include the same picture content that appeared in the original print version.

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Deborah Cadbury. The Lost King of France: The Tragic Story of Marie-Antoinette's Favourite Son

THE. LOST KING. OF FRANCE

Deborah Cadbury

Contents

INTRODUCTION: THE HEART OF STONE

1 ‘THE FINEST KINGDOM IN EUROPE’

2 ‘GRÂCE POUR MAMAN’

3 THE TUILERIES

4 ‘GOD HIMSELF HAS FORSAKEN ME’

5 THE YOUNG SANS CULOTTE

6 THE ORPHAN OF THE TEMPLE

7 FARCE AND FRAUD

8 RETURN OF THE LILIES

9 THE SHADOW KING

10 THE ROYAL CHARADE

11 RESOLUTION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

NOTES ON SOURCES. 1: ‘The Finest Kingdom in Europe’

2: ‘Grâce pour Maman’

3: The Tuileries

4: ‘God Himself has Forsaken Me’

5: The Young Sans Culotte

6: The Orphan of the Temple

7: Farce and Fraud

8: Return of the Lilies

9: The Shadow King

10: The Royal Charade

11: Resolution

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

ABOUT THE AUTHOR. THE LOST KING OF FRANCE

PRAISE

COPYRIGHT

ABOUT THE PUBLISHER

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THE TRAGIC STORY OFMARIE-ANTOINETTE’S FAVOURITE SON

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Now over two hundred years old, this child’s heart has had a remarkable journey through time. Cut hurriedly from the supposed Dauphin’s body during his autopsy in the Temple prison in 1795 and smuggled out in a handkerchief, the heart which once raced and quickened to the Terror of the revolution even in death became a symbol to be treasured or despised. Preserved merely to be stolen once more, hidden in grand palaces and lost again during the revolution of 1830, only with the passage of time, as the years slowly buried all painful memories, was the child’s heart quietly forgotten, eventually coming to rest by the coffins in La Chapelle des Princes.

With recent developments in forensic science it has become possible to uncover one of the most enduring secrets of the French revolution – what actually happened to the Dauphin – and for his true identity to be revealed. With improvements in the restoration of ancient DNA and the analysis of special genes inherited from the maternal line, known as mitochondrial DNA, the petrified heart of the child offers a possible end to two hundred years of speculation.

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