Author: Lenotre, G.
Title: Le drame de Varennes juin 1791 d'après des documents inédits et les relations des témoins oculaires.
Description: Paris : Perrin, 1921. Reprint. Contemp. halfcalf binding. vii,403,[1] pp. Illustrations. Orig. printed covers included. French text. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : very good. - History of the royal Flight to Varennes (French: Fuite à Varennes) during the night of 20-21 June 1791 and its aftermath. It was a significant event in the French Revolution in which King Louis XVI of France, Queen Marie Antoinette, and their immediate family unsuccessfully attempted to escape from Paris in order to initiate a counter-revolution at the head of loyal troops under royalist officers concentrated at Montmédy near the frontier. They escaped only as far as the small town of Varennes-en-Argonne, where they were arrested after having been recognized at their previous stop in Sainte-Menehould. This incident was a turning point after which popular hostility towards the French monarchy as an institution, as well as towards the king and queen as individuals, became much more pronounced. The king's attempted flight provoked charges of treason that ultimately led to his execution in 1793. The escape failed due to a series of misadventures, delays, misinterpretations and poor judgments.[1] Much was due to the king's indecision; he repeatedly postponed the schedule, allowing small problems to become much larger. Furthermore, he overestimated popular support for the traditional monarchy, mistakenly believing only Parisian radicals supported the revolution and that the populace as a whole opposed it. He also mistakenly believed that he enjoyed particular favor with the peasantry and other commoners.[2]

Keywords: HISTORY, history of law


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