ABANDONED. book about the dauphin of france

[Cassiel]

I read this book in the 70s: novel about the Dauphin of France imprisoned in a tower for several years after the revolution; a young woman was his only contact. His health deteriorates and he eventually dies, and I think the young woman was pregnant.
Cannot find any book that comes close.

[bup]

This sounds a lot like "The Man in the Iron Mask," sort of. Except not after the revolution.

[bup]

Except that it sounds even more like (same author, Dumas), "The Knight of Maison-Rouge: A Novel of Marie Antoinette" http://www.powells.com/review/2003_11...

[Cassiel]

thanks; it's definitely not either of those two. I think it was probably written in the 60s or 70s, and and despite the unusual for that era subject of "illegitimacy" it was likely a young adult novel.

[Corbett]

That sounds like a book I read too. It has the word Dauphin in the title I think. It was a historical novel.

[Alexandra]

Dang, I remember reading a book with the Dauphin of France as a character but can't remember what it was!

It probably isn't what your thinking of though, I believe the book I read was an alternate history fantasy type, with the young Dauphin as a character.

[Cathy]

These all made me think of "Desiree" by Anne Marie Selenko (?? maybe that's not her name ...)
But not the Dauphin but what the hey

[Barbara]

Desiree is in love with Napolean and marries the future King of Sweden.

[Ann aka Iftcan]

The alternate history book was probably The Shadow of Albion and Leopard In Exile: Carolus Rex, Book II both of which deal--at least in part--with an alternate Earth where the young Dauphin did not die with Marie and his father, but was spirited into hiding by an Englishman. These 2 stories (there was supposed to have been a third, but unfortunately Andre Norton died before it could be written, dealt with the young Prince/King after he'd grown up.

As for the 1 that the poster is looking for--no idea what it could be.

[Kaion]

The Lost King?

Less likely: The Black Tower?

Least likely: The Prince Lost to Time

[chucklesthescot]

Jean Plaidy wrote a few books based on the Dauphin of France. I haven't personally read any of them though. She also published under Victoria Holt.

[Lauren]

"Revolution" has something about that...the girl shoots off fireworks for the dauphin while he is in the tower

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Cassiel, are you still looking for this book?

Cassiel is no longer a member of this group and was last heard from in 2007, so I'm going to guess this is abandoned.

[``Laurie]

Well that's a shame because I just remembered reading a book called "A Prince Lost to Time" by Ann Dukthas which might have been it.