The King's Trial: Louis XVI vs. the French Revolution

About this book

On August 10 1792 Louis XVI of France abandoned his Paris chateau walked across the Tuileries gardens and surrendered his crown. In the tumultuous months that followed he was tried found guilty and sent to the guillotine. When originally published David Jordans riveting account of that turbulent time identified key issues focused attention on a matter once considered only an episode of French history and reframed the academic debate on the meaning of the most significant trial in French history. His new preface considers the scholarship of the past twenty-five years and places The Kings Trial in the current context.