by Antonia Fraser
http://www.bostonbibliophile.com/2008/12/review-marie-antointte-journey-by.html
I think it’s safe to say that most people know who Marie Antoinette was. Austrian princess, French queen, beheaded at the guillotine during the French Revolution. Played by Kirsten Dunst in the Sofia Coppola movie, which was based on this book.This biography was everything I was expecting, a clear-h...
I really knew very little about Marie Antoinette - only that which has become part of western cultural knowledge - before listening to this book. I feel much better informed now, and feel a great sense of injustice for the way she was treated. The audiobook treatment suffered for not having the foot...
Of the various biographies that I have about Marie Antoinette, this is the best written of the lot. The research is complete, the sources unusual, and we get to see this doomed French queen as a person, not just as an icon. Very much recommended!
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