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Marie-Antoinette: The Making of a French Queen
By John Hardman
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By John Hardman
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A new look which fundamentally overturns our understanding of this famously "out of touch" queen
“Presents [Marie-Antoinette] as much more than a symbol whose meaning is in the eye of her beholder . . . neither martyr nor voluptuary but rather a serious participant in politics.”—Lynn Hunt, New York Review of Books
“Splendid. . . . Masterly. . . . A wonderfully gripping biography.”—Allan Massie, Wall Street Journal
Named a Book of the Year (2020) by The Spectator
Who was the real Marie-Antoinet...
“Presents [Marie-Antoinette] as much more than a symbol whose meaning is in the eye of her beholder . . . neither martyr nor voluptuary but rather a serious participant in politics.”—Lynn Hunt, New York Review of Books
“Splendid. . . . Masterly. . . . A wonderfully gripping biography.”—Allan Massie, Wall Street Journal
Named a Book of the Year (2020) by The Spectator
Who was the real Marie-Antoinet...