A well-dressed plumpish man, who bore a striking resemblance to France’s late, great King Louis XVI, was a determined auction bidder in Paris last week for a dull, tarnished guillotine blade ...

The court of Louis XVI is stripped to a faded, festering husk of itself in "The Flood," a stark study of the king's last days ... ahead of their date with the guillotine. A rather sober opener ...

While King Louis XVI remained the nominal head of state ... On January 21, 1793, Louis XVI was marched to the guillotine. His severed head was paraded for the gathered thousands and met with ...

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 ...

In the late 1700s, the King of France, Louis XVI, ruled with absolute power over ... of Paris – to meet his sharpest critic so far. The guillotine had only been at work here for nine months.