But nothing of the sort happened. On the contrary, it was reaction that triumphed definitely a few weeks after the King's flight to Varennes, and the middle classes handed over to royalty a new patent ...

In fact, it is reminiscent of another story of escape: the flight to Varennes. This was Louis XVI’s failed attempt to escape revolutionary France with his family — the king disguised as a woman.

Instead, they were recognized and arrested in the small town of Varennes-en-Argonne, roughly 30 miles from their destination. Revolutionaries hauled them back to Paris and confined them in the ...

The special topic today will be "The Flight to Varennes" and will be illustrated by about 80 stereopticon slides, including views of the principal buildings of Paris and political caricatures.

For over two centuries, historians have been perplexed by the course of the French Revolution. How could a movement that began in the name of liberal ideals such as equality, freedom of the press ...

--No history of the French Revolution is more widely read than Carlyle's, and no part of that history is better known than his account of the flight to Varennes.

There, the King, being openly recognised by a judge residing at Varennes, was compelled to abandon, his character of servant to “Madame Korff” (the passport obtained for the Queen from the Russian ...

Smuggled Out of France During a Bloody Revolution, Marie Antoinette’s Shimmering Pink Diamond Is Heading to Auction The 10.38-carat gemstone, which carries an estimate of $3 million to $5 ...