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    Marie Antoinette: The Last Queen of France

     
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    Marie Antoinette: The Last Queen of France

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    In MARIE ANTOINETTE, Evelyn Lever draws on a variety of resources, including diaries, letters, and firsthand accounts, to write this sumptuous, addictive delight. From family life in Vienna to the choke of the guillotine, this gripping work combines a fast-paced historical narrative with all the elements of scandalous fiction: Marie's wedding at Versailles to Louis XVI, the French court, boredom, hypocrisy, loneliness, allies, enemies, scandal, intrigue, sex, peasant riots, the fall of the Bastille, mob rule in Paris, imprisonment, and, finally, execution.

    From primary source documents Lever fashions an insightful glimpse into the French court at Versailles. The characters of court are expertly drawn. There is the dashing Axel Fersen, Marie's great love; Maria Theresa, the scheming mother trying to place her daughter on the Hapsburg throne; the legendary Madame du Barry, lover to Louis XV; and, of course, Marie herself.

    Luxuriously evocative of the Versailles court, historically sharp and witty, and detailing the compelling story of Marie Antoinette's life, Evelyn Lever's biography entrances readers.

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    EAN/ISBN:
    9780312283339
    Medium:
    Paperback
    Number of pages:
    368
    Publication date:
    2001-09-24
    Publisher:
    St. Martin's Press
    EAN/ISBN:
    9780312283339
    Medium:
    Paperback
    Number of pages:
    368
    Publication date:
    2001-09-24
    Publisher:
    St. Martin's Press

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