Обезглавленные: Трагическая история Марии-Антуанетты, мадам Дюбарри, мадам Ролан и Олимпии де Гуж

1793 god. V samom razgare Frant͡suzskai͡a revoli͡ut͡sii͡a, opredelivshai͡a vsi͡u dalʹneĭshui͡u istorii͡u Evropy. Vlasti Respubliki sudi͡at chetyrekh zhenshchin: zakonodatelʹnit͡su obshchestvennykh vkusov madam Rolan, neutomimui͡u zashchitnit͡su prav zhenshchin Olimpii͡u de Guzh, rastochitelʹnui͡u byvshui͡u favoritku Li͡udovika XV madam Di͡ubarri i, nakonet͡s, legkomyslennui͡u korolevu Marii͡u-Antuanettu. Vse oni pali zhertvami revoli͡ut͡sii i ee izli͡ublennogo oruzhii͡a - gilʹotiny. Istorik Sesilʹ Berli vo vsekh podrobnosti͡akh vosproizvodit poslednie dni ėtikh vlii͡atelʹnykh, nezauri͡adnykh i ochenʹ raznykh zhenshchin ot aresta do prigovora i posledui͡ushcheĭ kazni…<br>"Chto tvorilosʹ v golovakh ėtikh zhenshchin, lishennykh svobody i obʺi͡avlennykh zleĭshimi vragami politicheskogo rezhima, kotoryĭ zarodilsi͡a v nebyvalykh, iskli͡uchitelʹnykh i zhestokikh uslovii͡akh? Kak oni perenesli vse publichnye unizhenii͡a i napadki na ikh lichnui͡u, dazhe intimnui͡u zhiznʹ? Kak oni borolisʹ s ti͡uremnymi ogranichenii͡ami i strakhom smerti? Kak gotovilisʹ k ėshafotu? Kak postichʹ ėmot͡sii, kotorye otnosi͡atsi͡a k oblasti nedosi͡agaemogo?" (Sesilʹ Berli)

The year is 1793. The French Revolution was in full swing, defining the entire future history of Europe. The authorities of the Republic are trying four women: Madame Roland, a legislator of public tastes, Olympia de Gouges, a tireless defender of women's rights, Madame Dubarry, a spendthrift former favorite of Louis XV, and, finally, the frivolous Queen Marie Antoinette. They all fell victim to the revolution and its weapon of choice, the guillotine. Historian Cecile Burleigh reproduces in detail the last days of these influential, extraordinary and very different women from arrest to sentencing and subsequent execution.…
"What was going on in the minds of these women, who were deprived of their freedom and declared the worst enemies of a political regime that originated in unprecedented, exceptional and cruel conditions? How did they endure all the public humiliation and attacks on their personal, even intimate lives? How did they deal with prison restrictions and the fear of death? How did you prepare for the scaffold? How to comprehend emotions that belong to the realm of the unattainable?" (Cecile Burley)