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I

MARIE ANTOINETTE

BY THE SAME AUTHOR

The Pyrenees

Paris

Hills and the Sea

On Nothing and Kindred Subjects

On Everything

Emmanuel Burden, Merchant

The Change in the Cabinet

THE LAST ACT OF THE FRENCH MONARCHY Order given on 10th August, 1792, to the Guard at the Tuileries to Cease Fire and return to Barracks On the authenticity of this document see Appendix C

MARIE

ANTOINETTE

BY

H. BELLOC

πολυ κρεισσων ἡ αναγκη

WITH THIRTY-ONE ILLUSTRATIONS AND FIVE MAPS

THIRD EDITION

METHUEN & CO.

36 ESSEX STREET W.C.

LONDON

First Published - October 14th, 1909

Second Edition - January 1910

Third Edition - 1910

TO

GEORGE WYNDHAM

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