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This is the only book you need to read on Marie Antoinette, one of the most iconic and divisive characters in history.'
'Drama, betrayal, religion and sex, it's all here' Guardian
'Beautifully paced, impeccably written' Independent
'Fraser is at her best here, lucid, authoritative and compassionate' Sunday Times
Marie Antoinette's dramatic life-story continues to arouse fascination and controversy.
To many people, she is still 'la reine méchante', whose extravagance and frivolity helped to bring down the French monarchy; her indifference to popular suffering epitomised by the (apocryphal) words: 'let them eat cake'. Others are equally passionate in her defence: to them, she is a victim of misogyny.
In this gripping biography, Antonia Fraser examines her influence over the king, Louis XVI, the accusations and sexual slurs made against her, her patronage of the arts which enhanced French cultural life, her imprisonment, the death threats made against her, rumours of lesbian affairs, her trial (during which her young son was forced to testify to sexual abuse by his mother) and her eventual execution by guillotine in 1793.
'Superbly researched . . . the definitive work on the ill-fated queen' Catholic Herald
'A hugely well-researched work . . . Marie Antoinette is a heroic and tragic exercise in identification' Daily Telegraph
'Fraser sets out to rescue Marie Antoinette from the shadow of the guillotine, and she does this with resounding success' Ruth Scurr, The Times
'Antonia Fraser writes beautifully, with impressively shrewd judgement' Desmond Seward, Daily Mail
Readers are loving this:
'Brilliant . . . I was racing to get to the end of the tragic story'
'Full of interesting anecdotes and with a sympathy that never strays over to bias, Antonia Fraser's account of Marie Antoinette's life is just brilliant'
'The level of detail in this book is quite astonishing but in no way does it make it boring'
'All the cliches about not being able to put a book down apply here'
This is the only book you need to read on Marie Antoinette, one of the most iconic and divisive characters in history.'
'Drama, betrayal, religion and sex, it's all here' Guardian
'Beautifully paced, impeccably written' Independent
'Fraser is at her best here, lucid, authoritative and compassionate' Sunday Times
Marie Antoinette's dramatic life-story continues to arouse fascination and controversy.
To many people, she is still 'la reine méchante', whose extravagance and frivolity helped to bring down the French monarchy; her indifference to popular suffering epitomised by the (apocryphal) words: 'let them eat cake'. Others are equally passionate in her defence: to them, she is a victim of misogyny.
In this gripping biography, Antonia Fraser examines her influence over the king, Louis XVI, the accusations and sexual slurs made against her, her patronage of the arts which enhanced French cultural life, her imprisonment, the death threats made against her, rumours of lesbian affairs, her trial (during which her young son was forced to testify to sexual abuse by his mother) and her eventual execution by guillotine in 1793.
'Superbly researched . . . the definitive work on the ill-fated queen' Catholic Herald
'A hugely well-researched work . . . Marie Antoinette is a heroic and tragic exercise in identification' Daily Telegraph
'Fraser sets out to rescue Marie Antoinette from the shadow of the guillotine, and she does this with resounding success' Ruth Scurr, The Times
'Antonia Fraser writes beautifully, with impressively shrewd judgement' Desmond Seward, Daily Mail
Readers are loving this:
'Brilliant . . . I was racing to get to the end of the tragic story'
'Full of interesting anecdotes and with a sympathy that never strays over to bias, Antonia Fraser's account of Marie Antoinette's life is just brilliant'
'The level of detail in this book is quite astonishing but in no way does it make it boring'
'All the cliches about not being able to put a book down apply here'
Antonia Fraser is the author of many widely acclaimed historical works which have been international bestsellers. She was awarded the Medlicott Medal by the Historical Association in 2000 and was made a DBE in 2011 for services to literature.
Her previous books include MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS, KING CHARLES II, THE WEAKER VESSEL: WOMAN'S LOT IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLAND which won the Wolfson History Prize, MARIE ANTOINETTE: THE JOURNEY, PERILOUS QUESTION; THE DRAMA OF THE GREAT REFORM BILL 1832 and THE KING AND THE CATHOLICS: THE FIGHT FOR RIGHTS 1829. MUST YOU GO?, a memoir of her life with Harold Pinter, was published in 2010, and MY HISTORY; A MEMOIR OF GROWING UP in 2015. She lives in London.
Visit Antonia Fraser's website at [...]
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2007 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Biographien, Importe |
| Rubrik: | Belletristik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | 629 S. |
| ISBN-13: | 9780753813058 |
| ISBN-10: | 075381305X |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Fraser, Lady Antonia |
| Hersteller: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestr. 122a, D-22083 Hamburg, gpsr@petersen-buchimport.com |
| Maße: | 197 x 128 x 48 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Lady Antonia Fraser |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 08.08.2007 |
| Gewicht: | 0,515 kg |
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