The Life and Letters of Madame Elisabeth De France, Sister of Louis
THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Withdrawn III Jl and flmouvs of A Brilliant Description of the Courts of Louis XVI, Amours, Debauchery, Intrigues, and State Secrets,, including Suppressed and Confiscated MSS. * The Life and Letters of i Madame Elisabeth de France Sister of Louis XVI into PRIVATELY PRINTED FOR MEMBERS OF THE VERSAILLES HISTORICAL SOCIETY NEW YORK Copyright, 1899, BY H. P. & Co. All Rights Resen>ed. DC 137 lEMtton fce OUue This edition is limited to two hundred, copies, of which this is Number 752 CONTENTS. part jftrst* LIFE AND LETTERS OF MADAME ELISABETH DE FRANCE. CHAPTER I. PAGE Introductory. Sketch of the Life of Madame Elisabeth from her Childhood until August 10, 1792 1 CHAPTER II. Letters of Madame Elisabeth to the Marquise de Bombelles, the Mar- quise de Raigecourt, the Abbe de Lubersac, and others 33 CHAPTER III. Madame Elisabeth's Life in the Tower of the Temple recorded only by her Niece, Marie-Therese de France, and by Clery, Louis XVI/s Valet. Her Removal to the Conciergerie. Her Examination, Condemnation, and Death 90 JOURNAL OF THE TOWER OF THE TEMPLE, BY CLfiRY. CHAPTER I. The 10th of August, 1792. Clery permitted to serve the King and his Family. Life and Treatment of the Royal Family in the Tower . Ill of the Temple . yi CONTENTS. CHAPTER II. PAGE Continuation of their Life and Treatment. The King separated from his Family, and summoned for Trial before the Convention . 138 CHAPTER III. The King's Trial. His Will. The Decree of the Convention con- demning the King to Death.
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