The Royal Life Guard, The Flight of the Royal Family - Paperback

by Alexandre Dumas (Author)

The Royal Life Guard is a historical romance about the suppression of the French monarchy. It is a time of change in French society and politics, King Louis XVI had sworn to defend the new Constitution but not attended the Te Deum at the Paris Cathedral. The people were, therefore, on their guard against him, while they felt that his Queen, Marie Antoinette, the daughter of Austria, was ever their foe. Alexandre Dumas was a French writer whose works have been translated into nearly 100 languages. His historical novels include The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, The Corsican Brothers, and The Man in the Iron Mask.