This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1855 edition. Excerpt: ... BOOK NINTH. THE KING'S TRIAL. Snd December, 1792--20TB Januaby, 1793 Situation of parties--Cause of the King's trial--New municipality--Kedoubled persecutions--The King learns that his trial is about to take place--Decree of the Commune--Searches made at the Temple-- Rocher and Risbey discharged- ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1855 edition. Excerpt: ... BOOK NINTH. THE KING'S TRIAL. Snd December, 1792--20TB Januaby, 1793 Situation of parties--Cause of the King's trial--New municipality--Kedoubled persecutions--The King learns that his trial is about to take place--Decree of the Commune--Searches made at the Temple-- Rocher and Risbey discharged--Measures of security adopted by Roland --The executive council, the department of Paris, and the Commune sitting permanently--The Dauphin taken from the King--The King before the Convention--Agony of the Queen and Madame Elizabeth-- The King is not permitted to see his family--The King chooses his counsel; Malesherbes, Tronchet, and Des&ze--The King foresees his condemnation--Commission of the Convention sent to the Temple-- Louis XVI. allowed to see his children, on condition that they shall not see their mother--He refuses--The indictment and other official documents connected with the trial communicated to the King--Conferences of Louis XVI. with his counsel--M. Edgeworth de Firmont-- Secret communication between the two floors of the Tower--Anniversary of the birth of Madame Royale--Conversations with Malesherbes --Deseze reads his plea to the King--The King's will--The King again at the bar of the Convention--His defence--His speech--The 1st January, 1Y93--The journals--Manifestation of opinion at the theatres--Illness of Madame Royale--The Ami des Lois read at the Temple--The King declared guilty--The nominal appeal--New message to M. Edgeworth de Firmont--Condemnation of the King--His speech--Appeal to the nation--The King's farewell to M. Malesherbes --Inventory drawn up at the Temple. During the imprisonment of the royal family at the Temple, we have not narrated the events which succeeded each other out of doors, except where their...
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