Table of Contents
List of Illustrations viii
List of Principal Characters x
Preface xv
1 From Archduchess to Dauphine 1
2 The Court under Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette 22
3 A Queen in Search of a Role, 1774-1781 44
4 Growing Unpopularity, 1781-1785 75
5 The Diamond Necklace Affair, 1785-1786 97
6 The Ascendancy of Marie-Antoinette, 1787-1788 122
7 The Last Year at Versailles 159
8 Appeasement and Plans for Resistance: The Tuileries and Saint-Cloud 193
9 The Flight to Varennes 216
10 'Marie-Antoinette will become Queen of France again': Government by Letter 242
11 The Fall of the Monarchy 268
12 Imprisonment in a Tower 284
Conclusion 308
Epilogue Ubi sunt? 315
Notes 320
A Bibliography Essay 344
Bibliography 347
Index 356