PARIS, April 8 (UPI) -- A lost article by a former French executioner reveals King Louis XVI was calm and proclaimed his innocence when he was killed. The article by Paris Chief Executioner Charles ...
Like the Bourbons themselves, the heirs of Charles Sanson were long a potent and continuing force in the affairs of France. Their dynasty outlived that of their royal protectors. In time it too was ...
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