Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Prologue: The Assassination of the Duke of Berry and the Birth of the Miracle Child 1
5. Introduction: Restoration France and the Royalist Reaction of 1820 14
6. Seeds of Destruction
7. The Law: Cracks in the Edifice 25
8. Conspiracy: Who Killed the Duke of Berry? 42
9. Politics 67
10. The Royalist Reaction of 1820
11. February: The Royalist Reaction Commences 103
12. March–April: The Royalist Reaction in Earnest 132
13. May–June: The Law of the Double Vote 175
14. August–September: Conspiracy and Providence 194
15. October–November: Celebrating the Miracle 207
16. Postscript: Leap into the Abyss 231
17. Appendix One: The Political Background of Isère and Haute-Garonne 241
18. Notes 245
19. Bibliography 281
20. Index 299