To the Scaffold: The Life of Marie Antoinette

Name: To the Scaffold: The Life of Marie Antoinette
Brand: Quill
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By Carolly Erickson

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One of history's most misunderstood figures, Marie Antoinette represents the extravagance and the decadence of pre-Revolution France. Yet there was an innocence about Antoinette, thrust as a child into the chillingly formal French court. Married to the maladroit, ill-mannered Dauphin, Antoinette found pleasure in costly entertainments and garments. She spent lavishly while her overtaxed and increasingly hostile subjects blamed her for France's plight. In time Antoinette matured into a courageous Queen, and when their enemies finally closed in, Antoinette followed her inept husband to the guillotine in one last act of bravery.In To the Scaffold, Carolly Erickson provides an estimation of a lost Queen that is psychologically acute, richly detailed, and deeply moving.

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Binding:: Paperback
Release Date:: 1992-06-01
Publication Date:: 1992-06-01
Publisher:: Quill
Languages:: Published: English, Original: English
ISBN10:: 0688116116
Weight:: 549 g

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