Download or read book Histoire de la Conciergerie du Palais de Paris depuis ses origines jusqu a nos jours 1031 1911 written by Eugène Pottet and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Marie Antoinette s Darkest Days written by Will Bashor and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-12-01 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 turned prison. 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.
Download or read book Marie Antoinette s Head written by Will Bashor and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013-10-16 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marie Antoinette has remained atop the popular cultural landscape for centuries for the daring in style and fashion that she brought to 18th century France. For the better part of the queen’s reign, one man was entrusted with the sole responsibility of ensuring that her coiffure was at its most ostentatious best. Who was this minister of fashion who wielded such tremendous influence over the queen’s affairs? Winner of the Adele Mellen Prize for Distinguished Scholarship, Marie Antoinette’s Head: The Royal Hairdresser, The Queen, and the Revolution charts the rise of Leonard Autie from humble origins as a country barber in the south of France to the inventor of the Pouf and premier hairdresser to Queen Marie-Antoinette. By unearthing a variety of sources from the 18th and 19th centuries, including memoirs (including Léonard’s own), court documents, and archived periodicals the author, French History professor and expert Will Bashor, tells Autie’s mostly unknown story. Bashor chronicles Leonard’s story, the role he played in the life of his most famous client, and the chaotic and history-making world in which he rose to prominence. Besides his proximity to the queen, Leonard also had a most fascinating life filled with sex (he was the only man in a female dominated court), seduction, intrigue, espionage, theft, exile, treason, and possibly, execution.
Download or read book The English Historical Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Catalog of the Avery Memorial Architectural Library of Columbia University written by Avery Library and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 880 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Histoire Des Girondins Et Des Massacres de Septembre D apr s Les Documents Officiels Et In dits written by Adolphe Granier de Cassagnac and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Manuel du libraire et de l amateur de livres written by and published by Ed. de Bruxelles. This book was released on 1839 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Proceedings written by Consortium on Revolutionary Europe, 1750-1850 and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Legacy of Death written by Barbara Levy and published by Englewood Cliffs, N. J. : Prentice-Hall. This book was released on 1973 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The remarkable saga of the Sanson family, who served as executioners of France for seven generations"--
Download or read book The Quarterly Review written by William Gifford and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book OEuvres Compl tes de H de Balzac written by Honoré de Balzac and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 792 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Notes and Queries written by and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Catalogue of the Books Relating to Architecture Construction Decoration in the Public Library of the City of Boston written by Boston Public Library and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Catalogus bibliothecae Harleianae written by and published by . This book was released on 1743 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lettres de Cachet and Social Control in the Ancien R gime 1659 1789 written by Brian Eugene Strayer and published by Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers. This book was released on 1992 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lettres de cachet, one of many social control mechanisms of Old Regime France, needs reassessment today after two centuries of distorted interpretations portraying these royal arrest warrants as symbols of despotism. In reality, these private ordres du roi were preventive measures to control deviant elements in society (juvenile delinquents, prostitutes, the insane, etc.). These ordres enabled the King, police, and parents to preserve family honor, enforce socially acceptable behavior, and prevent crimes embarrassing to the family and disruptive to social harmony. This book examines the legal and administrative framework, police methods and procedures, family problems and concerns, and the actual lifestyles of inmates at some of the foremost carceral institutions of 17th and 18th century Paris from 1650 to 1789.
Download or read book Bradshaw s Hand Book to the Paris International Exhibition of 1867 Illustrated etc written by John Reynell Morell and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Quarterly Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
