| Abundance: A Novel of Marie Antoinette Contributor(s): Naslund, Sena Jeter (Author), Burney, Susanna (Read by) |
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ISBN: 0792745175 ISBN-13: 9780792745174 Publisher: Sound Library OUR PRICE: $53.06 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: October 2006 Annotation: From the author of "Ahab's Wife" and "Four Spirits" comes her most astonishing work yet--a portrait of a young queen called Marie Antoinette. 8 CDs. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 1.55" H x 7.06" W x 6.62" (1.12 lbs) |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - French |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Marie Antoinette was fourteen when her mother, the Empress of Austria, arranged for her to leave her family, her country, and her home to become the wife of the fifteen-year-old Dauphin, the future King Louis XVI of France. Far from home and thrust into the role of woman, wife, and queen, Marie Antoinette lived a brief-but astonishing-life. Based on impeccable historical research, Abundance reveals a Marie Antoinette who rebelled against the formality and rigid protocol of the court-an outsider who became the target of a revolution that ultimately decided her fate. Naslund has created a portrait of a woman very different from the figure we think we know. |
Contributor Bio(s): Naslund, Sena Jeter: - Sena Jeter Naslund has enjoyed a rich literary career as an award-winning author, professor, and editor. Her books have received critical acclaim including the prestigious Harper Lee Award. In addition to numerous novels and two collections of short stories, her fiction has appeared in several publications. A professor since 1972, she was awarded the first ever Distinguished Teaching Professor honor from the University of Louisville as well as endowments from multiple art councils. Burney, Susanna: -Susanna Burney has appeared in a wide range of plays on stages in New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Minneapolis, and Seattle. Her favorite roles include Hamlet, Olga in Three Sisters, Mrs. Wilcox in a stage adaptation of Howard's End, and as the solo performer in Man to Man, for which she was named best actress of the year in the Seattle weekly, the Stranger. She received her BFA in acting from Boston University. |