. The story of the greatest nations, from the dawn of history to the twentieth century : a comprehensive history, founded upon the leading authorities, including a complete chronology of the world, and a pronouncing vocabulary of each nation . Louis XVI. and his Family ix prison Chapter XCV LOUIS XVI. AND THE FRENCH REVOLUTION i^ VEN in the court of Louis XV. there had been a small party opposed to his evil ways. This was headed byhis son, the Dauphin, an honest, well-meaning man,who lived in retirement with his wife and their threelittle sons, each of whom was to become in turnKing of France.
. The story of the greatest nations, from the dawn of history to the twentieth century : a comprehensive history, founded upon the leading authorities, including a complete chronology of the world, and a pronouncing vocabulary of each nation . Louis XVI. and his Family ix prison Chapter XCV LOUIS XVI. AND THE FRENCH REVOLUTION i^ VEN in the court of Louis XV. there had been a small party opposed to his evil ways. This was headed byhis son, the Dauphin, an honest, well-meaning man,who lived in retirement with his wife and their threelittle sons, each of whom was to become in turnKing of France. They were Louis XVI., LouisXVIII., and Charles X., the last of whom surviveduntil 1836, within the memory of men still living. The Dauphin died before his father, and so the thronedescended to the eldest of the three boys, Louis XVI., the heavyand rather stupid lad, who had married the pretty AustrianPrincess, Marie Antoinette. Brought up under his fathersguidance, Louis XVI. really desired and meant to labor for thegood of his people. To understand, therefore, the terrific ex-plosion which led to his dethronement and execution, we mustlook a little more closely at the France which was now seething beneath thefeet of its Bourbon kings
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