"Intensive historical inquiry enables Naslund to re-create Marie Antoinette's life with empathy and irresistibly piquant detail.I do not refer to my actual birth, mercifully hidden in the silk folds of memory, but to my birth as a citizen of France citoyenne, they would say. "A wealth of period details.even the most cynical reader will wish for a last-minute pardon."
An engaging portrait of one of history's bright-colored butterflies." "The novel is abundant, full of color and detail. "Naslund recreates Marie so sympathetically that we can't help aching for the queen." Recreates the glories of Versailles and the political malice that wafts through its many doorways." "Exceptional.A richly detailed portrait of an opulent, turbulent time. "Enchanting.Opulent and fabulous, as encrusted with detail as one of Marie's shimmering dresses.a complete page turner. If you read one book about Marie Antoinette, let it be Sena Jeter Naslund's." The young queen, once beloved by the common folk, becomes a target of scorn, cruelty, and hatred as she, the court's nobles, and the rest of the royal family are caught up in the nightmarish violence of a murderous time called "the Terror."Sena Jeter Naslund offers a dramatic reimagining of this truly compelling woman that goes far beyond the popular myth. Deeply disappointed and isolated in her own intimate circle, and apart from the social life of the court, she allows herself to remain ignorant of the country's growing economic and political crises, even as poor harvests, bitter winters, war debts, and poverty precipitate rebellion and revenge. She shows her new husband nothing but love and encouragement, though he repeatedly fails to consummate their marriage and in so doing is unable to give her a child and an heir to the throne. Coming of age in the most public of arenas, she warmly embraces her adopted nation and its citizens. Marie Antoinette was a child of fourteen when her mother, the Empress of Austria, arranged for her to leave her family and her country to become the wife of the fifteen-year-old Dauphin, the future King of France.
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