For the next two hundred years a series of imposters laid claim to the French throne, a mysterious mummified heart passed through a melange of fascinating curators, and one of history's greatest mysteries endured: what happened to the fabled Lost Dauphin?
Then, two years ago, scientists compared DNA samples taken from the boy's heart with samples taken from a lock of Marie Antoinette's hair to determine his true identity. Deborah Cadbury's sweeping story of revolution, regicide, modern science, and human tragedy examines this compelling real-life historical drama from every absorbing angle.
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
-Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Social Contract, 1762
On Saturday, April 21, 1770, the Austrian archduchess, Maria-Antonia, left her home, the imperial palace of Hofburg in Vienna, forever and embarked on the long journey to France. On departure, in the courtyard in front of the palace, the royal entourage assembled. Two grand berlines lavishly upholstered in blue and crimson velvet and decorated with fine embroidery had been provided by the French ambassador to take Maria-Antonia to Paris. These were to be conveyed in a cavalcade of almost fifty carriages, each to be drawn by six horses, and an array of guards and outriders. The whole of the Austrian court, in all its silken and bejewelled finery, attended this auspicious event. Maria-Antonia, the youngest daug ... read full excerpt from The Lost King of France ebook
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