The Lost King of France

The Lost King of France | Deborah Cadbury | History | World | eBooks

by Deborah Cadbury

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The Lost King of France Summary:

Two years after the executions of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette at the height of the French Revolution, a ten-year-old boy, his skin covered with tumors and scabies, his sanity slipping away, died alone in Temple Prison, Paris, killed by neglect instead of decapitation. Was he really the son of the doomed royal couple, as many claimed?

For the next two hundred years a series of imposters laid claim to the French throne, a mysterious mummified heart passed through a melange of fascinating curators, and one of history's greatest mysteries endured: what happened to the fabled Lost Dauphin?

Then, two years ago, scientists compared DNA samples taken from the boy's heart with samples taken from a lock of Marie Antoinette's hair to determine his true identity. Deborah Cadbury's sweeping story of revolution, regicide, modern science, and human tragedy examines this compelling real-life historical drama from every absorbing angle.