Table of Contents

List of plates and figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Revolutions; 2. Crossing the desert; 3. Napoleon; 4 Power; 5. The year of two courts; 6. Reform; 7. The promised land; 8. Kings and courtiers; 9. Money; Epilogue; The Citizen King; Appendixes; Bibliography; Index.

Reviews

'No one is better qualified than Philip Mansel to describe the gyrations of the French court from monarchy through empire and back to empire.' The Sunday Times 'Mr Mansel is a thoroughly diligent scholar ... and his research does much to further the current revival of sympathy for Louis XVI.' The Irish Times