The court of Louis XVI is stripped to a faded ... they're dead well ahead of their date with the guillotine. A rather sober opener for this year's Locarno Film Festival, "The Flood" may come ...

On January 21, 1793, Louis XVI was marched to the guillotine. His severed head was paraded for the gathered thousands and met with cries of "Vive la Republique!" In 1795, a new constitution was ...

King Louis XVI was executed by the guillotine in January 1793 after being founf guilty of high treason. It belonged to my Great Grandad, who gave it to my Grandad. My Grandad gave it to me and my ...

The vote for the guillotine, to be carried out immediately, was passed by a very close margin, just 6%. Louis XVI almost survived the French Revolution. On the 21st of January, 1793, the King was ...

On January 21st 1793, at 9 o‘clock in the morning, Louis XVI was driven through the streets of Paris – to meet his sharpest critic so far. The guillotine had only been at work here for nine ...