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| VIEW OF PARIS | [Frontispiece.] | |
| BRIDAL TOUR | [48] | |
| VERSAILLES—FRONT VIEW VERSAILLES—COURT-YARD | } | [65] |
| FOUNTAINS AT VERSAILLES FOUNTAIN OF THE STAR | } | [69] |
| LITTLE TRIANON | [74] | |
| GARDENS OF MARLY | [93] | |
| VIEW OF THE BASTILE | [134] | |
| GARDENS AT VERSAILLES | [144] | |
| MOB AT VERSAILLES | [151] | |
| GRAND AVENUE OF THE TUILERIES | [156] | |
| PALACE OF ST. CLOUD | [184] | |
| CAPTURE AT VARENNES | [208] | |
| THE TUILERIES | [221] | |
| THE TOWER OF THE TEMPLE | [257] | |
| THE ROYAL FAMILY IN THE TEMPLE | [262] | |
| MARIA ANTOINETTE IN THE CONCIERGERIE | [296] | |
MARIA ANTOINETTE
Chapter I.
Parentage and Childhood.
1740-1770
Maria Theresa.
She succeeds to the throne.
In the year 1740, Charles VI., emperor of Austria, died. He left a daughter twenty-three years of age, Maria Theresa, to inherit the crown of that powerful empire. She had been married about four years to Francis, duke of Lorraine. The day after the death of Charles, Maria Theresa ascended the throne. The treasury of Austria was empty. A general feeling of discontent pervaded the kingdom. Several claimants to the throne rose to dispute the succession with Maria; and France, Spain, Prussia, and Bavaria took advantage of the new reign, and of the embarrassments which surrounded the youthful queen, to enlarge their own borders by wresting territory from Austria.