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Who is Artois from To the Scaffold: The Life of Marie Antoinette and what is their importance?

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Artois was Louis XVI's youngest brother. He escaped France after the storming of the Bastille and attempted to raise an army to counter the revolutionaries from his base in Turin. Artois went on to become Charles X and ruled France for six years.

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To the Scaffold: The Life of Marie Antoinette