Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ILLUSTRATIONS viii
4. PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS x
5. PREFACE xv
6. 1. From Archduchess to Dauphine 1
7. 2. The Court under Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette 22
8. 3. A Queen in Search of a Role, 1774–1781 44
9. 4. Growing Unpopularity, 1781–1785 75
10. 5. The Diamond Necklace Affair, 1785–1786 97
11. 6. The Ascendancy of Marie-Antoinette, 1787–1788 122
12. 7. The Last Year at Versailles 159
13. 8. Appeasement and Plans for Resistance: The Tuileries and Saint-Cloud 193
14. 9. The Flight to Varennes 216
15. 10. ‘Marie-Antoinette will become Queen of France again’: Government by Letter 242
16. 11. The Fall of the Monarchy 268
17. 12. Imprisonment in a Tower 284
18. CONCLUSION 308
19. EPILOGUE: UBI SUNT? 315
20. NOTES 320
21. A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY 344
22. BIBLIOGRAPHY 347
23. INDEX 356