Title: Marie Antoinette's darkest days
Description: The 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.
Subjects: Death and burial, Imprisonment, Trials, litigation, History, Marie antoinette, queen, consort of louis xvi, king of france, 1755-1793, France, history, revolution, 1789-1799, France, history
Places: France
People: Marie Antoinette Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France (1755-1793)
Time periods: Revolution, 1789-1799