A Glass Slipper
This is not Cinderella’s slipper lost on her run down the steps from the prince’s palace at midnight. This is Marie Antoinette’s slipper lost on her stumble up the steps to the guillotine at midday. On 16 October 1793, it was bought on the spot by Monsieur le Comte de Guernon-Ranville, and was given … Continued