num_pages: 284
description: Royalty, revolution and mystery abound in this detective story of the brief life and many possible deaths of Louis XVII, the 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 and their fate thrust into the hands of the revolutionaries who wished to destroy the monarchy.
language: English
title: The Lost King of France : The Tragic Story of Marie-Antoinette's Favourite Son
titlecomplete: The Lost King of France : The Tragic Story of Marie-Antoinette's Favourite Son
genres: Historical, True Crime, History, Biography, Science, France, 18th Century, European History, French Revolution, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 2215
publisher: Harpercollins Pub Ltd