Bibliograph

Marie-Thérèse, the fate of Marie Antoinette's daughter, Susan Nagel

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Marie-Thérèse, the fate of Marie Antoinette's daughter, Susan Nagel

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [383]-392) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

mapsgenealogical tablesillustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Marie-Thérèse

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

748376548

Responsibility statement

Susan Nagel

Sub title

the fate of Marie Antoinette's daughter

Summary

This volume recounts the life and times of Marie-Thérèse Charlotte de France (1778-1851), the eldest child of King Louis XVI of France and his wife, Queen Marie Antoinette. After the execution of the King and Queen in 1793, their young daughter remained imprisoned. Released on her seventeenth birthday, she faced an uncertain future. Rumor spread that the traumatized princess had switched places with an illegitimate half sister, to live out her days as the mysterious "Dark Countess." Now, two hundred years later, this volume contends that it has solved this mystery, creating a biography of a remarkable woman who both defined and shaped an era

Table Of Contents

Chronology -- Family trees -- Map -- Preface -- pt. 1: Sinner. Sex and politics -- Child of France -- Playmates -- Once upon a time -- Storm clouds over the palace -- The end of the fairy tale -- A new home -- A dangerous game -- The losing side -- Two orphans -- Sole survivor -- pt. 2: Saint. Every inch a princess -- Vienna -- The émigrées -- The birth of a strategist -- A bride -- The new Antigone -- Country life -- The only man in the family -- Restoration -- Birth, death and a new Dauphine -- Mending fences -- Suspicions confirmed -- Blackmail -- Queen of France -- The matriarch -- Afterword

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