The False Dauphins
The False Dauphins
ON 21 January, 1793, Louis XVI of France was beheaded in the Place de la Revolution, formerly Place de Louis Quinze. From the moment his…
The False Dauphins: Dauphin
The imposture regarding the Dauphin was like a torch-race-so soon as the lighted torch fell from the hand of one runner it was lifted by…
The False Dauphins: Amazon
In 1804 (still according to his story), he embarked for America and got away to the banks of the Amazon, where amid the burning deserts (as…
The False Dauphins: Leaving
Leaving the hospitable home of Don Juan, he returned to Paris in 1815. Here Condé introduced him to the Duchesse d'Angoulême (his sister!)…
The False Dauphins: Louis
His profile was something like that of the typical Bourbon. In 1841, the Prince de Joinville, seeing him on his travels in the United…