Cagliostro And Company a Sequel to the Story of the Diamond Necklace
The book Cagliostro And Company a Sequel to the Story of the Diamond Necklace was written by author Frantz Funck Brentano Here you can read free online of Cagliostro And Company a Sequel to the Story of the Diamond Necklace book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Cagliostro And Company a Sequel to the Story of the Diamond Necklace a good or bad book?
What reading level is Cagliostro And Company a Sequel to the Story of the Diamond Necklace book?
To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
— I, the mother of a dauphin ! ' But her illusions were soon dispelled : calumny had struck its roots too deep. What availed the voice of one lonely woman against the tempest ? On August lo Louis xvi. and his family, terrified at the popular rising, took refuge in the bosom of the Assembly. * I have come here,' said the king, 'to prevent a great crime.' He placed himself at the president's left, and Marie Antoinette had made the dauphin sit by her side. ' Some THE DEATH OF THE QUEEN 189 one tak...e him up to the president,' cried a voice : ' he belongs to the nation. The Austrian woman is unworthy of his con- fidence ! ' And an usher seized the child, weeping with terror and clinging to his mother's skirts. In the night the king and queen proceeded to the Feuillants. By the light of candles stuck on the muzzles of muskets, their feeble rays glinting on the blood-stained steel of pikes, the queen walked slowly between the close ranks of the crowd, whence rose the refrain — * Madame Veto avait promis De faire egorger tout Paris.' The sentinels had much ado to hold the throng back.
User Reviews: