An edition of Marie Antoinette (2001)
Marie Antoinette
the journey
By Antonia Fraser
Publish Date
2001
Publisher
N.A. Talese/Doubleday
Language
eng
Pages
544
Description:
"Famously known as the eighteenth-century French queen whose excesses have become legend, Marie Antoinette was blamed for instigating the French Revolution. But the story of her journey, begun as a fourteen-year-old sent from Vienna to marry the future Louis XVI, to her courageous defense before she was sent to the guillotine, reveals a woman of greater complexity and character than we have previously understood. We stand beside Marie Antoinette and witness the drama of her life as she becomes a scapegoat of the Ancien Regime, when her faults were minor in comparison to the punishments inflicted on her."--BOOK JACKET.
subjects: Queens, History, Biography, Reines, Biographies, Histoire, Marie antoinette, queen, consort of louis xvi, king of france, 1755-1793, France, history, 18th century, Kings and rulers
People: Marie Antoinette Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France (1755-1793)
Places: France
Times: Louis XVI, 1774-1793