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Marie Antoinette : The Journey by Antonia Fraser (Hardcover)
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To many people, she is still la reine mchante, whose extravagance and frivolity helped to bring down the French monarchy; her indifference to popular suffering epitomised by the (apocryphal) words: let them eat cake.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherOrion Publishing Group, The Limited
ISBN-100297819089
ISBN-139780297819080
eBay Product ID (ePID)30259429
Product Key Features
Book TitleMarie Antoinette : the Journey
Number of Pages496 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicRoyalty, Europe / France
IllustratorYes
GenreBiography & Autobiography, History
AuthorAntonia Fraser
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.9 in
Item Weight34.9 Oz
Item Length9.4 in
Item Width6.5 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN2002-392466
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal944/.035/092
SynopsisStill a controversial figure - as well as a celebrated one - Marie Antoinette's dramatic life-story continues to arouse mixed emotions. To many people, she is still 'la reine m chante', whose extravagance and frivolity helped to bring down the French monarchy; her indifference to popular suffering epitomised by the (apocryphal) words: 'let them eat cake'. She was accused of personal profligacies and sexual excesses. Others are equally passionate in her defence: to them, she is a victim of misogyny. Marie Antoinette remains one of the genuinely romantic and ill-treated characters in history. A compassionate queen and devoted mother, she did little to deserve her tragic destiny. She was born in 1755, one of 16 children of the Austrian Empress Maria Theresa. At the age of 15 she was to be the bride of the French Dauphin, heir to his grandfather Louis XV. The Dauphin came to the throne as Louis XVI in 1774 and for more than ten years the French court at Versailles glittered under the presidency of its young, beautiful and artistic queen, in what would be seen afterwards as the last throw of the Ancien Regime.
LC Classification NumberDC137.1.F73 2001
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- Mar 29, 2021
The very best biography of this misunderstood ,fascinating & doomed queen
Antonia Fraser’s biography of this fascinating, misunderstood queen is by far the very best in it’s depth ,research and fascination with the doomed queen - I have read over ten biographies of her ,this by far the very bestVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
