Marie Antoinette
The Journey
$51.78
- Paperback
544 pages
- Release Date
12 November 2002
Summary
The national bestseller from the acclaimed author of The Wives of Henry VIII. France’s beleaguered queen, Marie Antoinette, wrongly accused of uttering the infamous “Let them eat cake,” was the subject of ridicule and curiosity even before her death; she has since been the object of debate and speculation and the fascination so often accorded tragic figures in history. Married in mere girlhood, this essentially lighthearted, privileged, but otherwise unremarkable child was thrust int…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780385489492 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0385489498 |
| Author: | Antonia Fraser |
| Publisher: | Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc |
| Imprint: | Bantam Doubleday Dell |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 544 |
| Release Date: | 12 November 2002 |
| Weight: | 493g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 132mm x 31mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“Fascinating … the court at Versailles comes alive.” –The Washington Post“Colorful, fluently narrated… . A touching, psychologically believable portrait.” –The Wall Street Journal“Absorbing as ever. Fraser’s blend of insight and research persuade us that this unfortunate queen deserves neither the vilification nor the idealization she has received.” –The New Yorker
About The Author
Antonia Fraser
Antonia Fraser is the author of many internationally bestselling historical works, including Love and Louis XIV, Marie Antoinette, which was made into a film by Sofia Coppola, The Wives of Henry VIII, Mary Queen of Scots, Faith and Treason: The Story of the Gunpowder Plot, and Perilous Question: Reform or Revolution? Britain on the Brink, 1832. She is also the author of Must You Go? My Life with Harold Pinter. She has received the Wolfson Prize for History, the 2000 Norton Medlicott Medal of Britain’s Historical Association, and the Franco-British Society’s Enid McLeod Literary Prize. She was made a Dame of the British Empire for services to Literature in 2011.
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