The incidents of the flight of Marie Antoinette to Varennes, where she is overtaken and compelled to return a prisoner flash before us with panoramic swiftness and dramatic intensity. She is the one strong figure amid the deplorable weakness of husband, children and dependents, and “wherever she passes” strikes “the note of something great, of something gracious, whimsical, and sweet.” (Lond. Times.)
“M. Lenôtre’s work is one of minute research, in which no detail is neglected, and conjecture is never allowed to masquerade as fact.”
| + + | Ath. 1907, 1: 379. Mr. 30. 520w. |
Reviewed by S. M. Francis.
| + | Atlan. 100: 491. O. ’07. 300w. |
“He has used the historical method as severely in determining each detail of the story as if he were engaged on a far duller task. The fulness and exactness of the author’s information has not impaired his sense of the requirements of the story.” Henry E. Bourne.
| + | Dial. 42: 141. Mr. 1, ’07. 1230w. |
“It is a scholarly and documented account of a striking episode, told in an entertaining fashion.”
| + | Ind. 62: 971. Ap. 25, ’07. 100w. | |
| + | Lit. D. 34: 106. Ja. 19, ’07. 310w. |