THE reign of Louis XVI will forever be associated with the French Revolution and the end of the Versailles’ royal era. Here’s a look at the memorable rise and fall of the former French King. Louis XVI ...
professor at the School of Economics at University of New South Wales (Australia) Economist Pauline Grosjean examines the work of two American researchers, who have shown that soldiers sent to the US ...
On December 26, 1792, Romain de Sèze, a defense attorney for deposed King Louis XVI, presented a defense of his client. The former King was on trial before a French Revolutionary court on thirty-three ...
MARIE-THERESE, CHILD OF TERROR: THE FATE OF MARIE-ANTOINETTE’S DAUGHTER By Susan Nagel Bloomsbury, $27.95, 432 pages, illus. REVIEWED BY MARTIN RUBIN The title of this gripping book tells it all: ...
American high school history courses briefly mention that French intervention helped seal the success of the American Revolution, yet the emphasis in U.S. civic discourse always remains firmly fixed ...
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