CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
I.THE DIPLOMATIC REVOLUTION[1]
II.BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD[17]
III.THE ESPOUSALS[32]
IV.THE DU BARRY[45]
V.THE DAUPHINE[52]
VI.THE THREE YEARS[73]
VII.THE CHILDREN[116]
VIII.FIGARO[130]
IX.THE DIAMOND NECKLACE[154]
X.THE NOTABLES[170]
XI.THE BASTILLE[193]
XII.OCTOBER[215]
XIII.MIRABEAU[240]
XIV.VARENNES[263]
XV.THE WAR[292]
XVI.THE FALL OF THE PALACE[307]
XVII.THE TEMPLE[324]
XVIII.THE HOSTAGE[348]
XIX.THE HUNGER OF MAUBEUGE[365]
XX.WATTIGNIES[377]
APPENDICES[402]
INDEX[419]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

The Last Act of the French Monarchy. Order given on 10th August, 1792, to the Guard at the Tuileries to cease fire and return to Barracks[Frontispiece]
Maria Theresa - From the tapestry portrait woven for Marie Antoinette and recently restored to Versailles[13]
Madame de Pompadour - From the Portrait by Boucher in the National Gallery, Edinburgh. From a photo by T. R. Annan & Sons[18]
The First Dauphin (the Father of Louis XVI.)[26]
Louis XVI. - From the principal bust at Versailles[70]
The Emperor Joseph II. - From the tapestry portrait woven for Marie Antoinette and recently restored to Versailles[103]
Marie Antoinette - From the principal bust at Versailles[117]
The Countess of Provence - From the bust at Versailles[129]
Marie Antoinette - After the painting by Madame Vigée Le Brun. From photo kindly lent by Duveen Bros., Old Bond Street[154]
Portrait Bust of the Duke of Normandy, the second Dauphin, Sometimes called Louis XVII., who died in the Temple[163]
Autograph Note of Louis XVI. recalling Necker, on the 16th of July, after the Fall of the Bastille[213]
The Tuileries, from the Garden or West Side, in 1789[231]
Facsimile of the First Page of the Address to the French People written by Louis XVI. before his Flight[260]
Pétion[286]
Barnave[289]
Facsimile of the First Page of the Letter written on the 3rd September, 1791, by Marie Antoinette to the Emperor, her Brother, proposing Armed Intervention[297]
East Front of the Tuileries (the side Attacked by the Mob) in its last State before the Commune of 1871, after the Clearing away of the Streets and Houses in Front of it[314]
An Early View of the Approach to the Tuileries from the Carrousel, showing the Three Courtyards[322]
Contemporary Print of the Fighting in the Courtyard[327]
Inscription on the Broken Bust of the Dauphin. A Relic of the Sack of the Palace[329]
The Tower of the Temple at the Moment of the Royal Family’s Imprisonment[333]
A Rough Miniature of the Princesse de Lamballe Preserved at the Carnavalet[337]
Sanson’s Letter asking the Authorities what Steps he is to take for the Execution of the King[343]
Autograph Demand of Louis XVI. for a Respite of Three Days[344]
Report of the Commissioners that all is duly arranged for the Burial of Louis Capet after his Execution[346]
First Page of Louis XVI.’s Will[348]
Order of the Committee of Public Safety in Cambon’s Handwriting, directing the Dauphin to be separated from his Mother[356]
Last Portrait of Marie Antoinette, by Kocharski Presumably sketched in the Temple, and now at Versailles[365]
Gateway of the Law Courts through which the Queen went to her Death[380]
First Page of Marie Antoinette’s Last Letter[395]
Facsimile of the Death-warrant of Marie Antoinette[398]

LIST OF MAPS AND PLANS

Map of the Flight to Varennes and the Return[263]
Sketch Map of the Road from Paris to Varennes, June 21, 1791[267]
Sketch Map to Illustrate Drouet’s Ride[278]
Elements of the Strategic Position, July-October, 1793[359]
Battle of Wattignies, Oct. 15 and 16, 1793, and the Relief of Maubeuge[377]