Marie Antoinette Romances, Vol 5: The Countess of Charny

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Literary Fiction, Published 1800 -1900, Historical Fiction, Suspense, Espionage, Political & Thrillers, War & Military Fiction

Authors: Alexandre Dumas In Year : 1891

Book Language: English

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The New Men At The Wheel
Gilbert's Candidate
Powerful, Perhaps; Happy, Never
The Foes Face-to-Face
The Uninvited Visitors
"The Country Is In Danger!"
The Men From Marseilles
The Friend In Need
Charny On Guard
Billet And Pitou
In The Morning
The First Massacre
The Repulse
The Last Of The Charnys
The Blood-Stains
The Widow
What Andrea Wanted Of Gilbert
The Assembly And The Commune
Captain Beausire Appears Again
The Emetic
Beausire's Bravado
Set Upon Dying
The Death Of The Countess
The Royal Martyr
Master Gamain Turns Up
The Trial Of The King
The Parallel To Charles I
Cagliostro's Advice
The Crown Of Ange's Love
The Effect Of Happy News
The Easy-Chair
What Pitou Did With The Find

This 5th volume of the Marie Antoinette Romances begins after the fall of the Bastille and the March on Versailles, which forced Louis XVI and his court to be escorted back to Paris. In Paris, political factions battle over the fate of the nation, the royal family, and anyone with royalist sympathies. Our heroes (like Ange Pitou) and our anti-heroes (like Gilbert) must navigate the blood-streaked landscape while keeping their necks out of the guillotine. All the while, the prophetic Balsamo urges on the revolution: "the quantity of blood which must be shed before the sun rises on the free world ... does not shake my conviction. I marched on, I march on, and on I shall march, overturning all that stands in my path, and saying to myself, in a calm voice, as I look around with a serene look: Woe to the obstacle, for this is the future which is coming!" - Summary by jvanstan