| Marie Antoinette Contributor(s): Zweig, Stefan (Author), Paul, Eden (Translator), Paul, Cedar (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1906548307 ISBN-13: 9781906548308 Publisher: Pushkin Press OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Royalty - History | Europe - France - Biography & Autobiography | Historical |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 1.5" H x 5" W x 7.6" (0.95 lbs) 592 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Cultural Region - French - Cultural Region - Western Europe - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: International bestseller: "The most influential biography of Marie Antoinette" (The Guardian), from the great twentieth-century writer Stefan Zweig Stefan Zweig based his biography of Marie Antoinette, who became the Queen of France at the age of fifteen, on the correspondence between her and her mother, and her great love the Count Axel von Fersen. Zweig analyzes the chemistry of a woman's soul from her intimate pleasures to her public suffering as a Queen under the weight of misfortune and history. Zweig describes Marie Antoinette in the King's bedroom, in the enchanted and extravagant world of the Trianon, and with her children. And in his account of 'The Revolution, ' he describes her resolve during the failed escape to Varennes, her imprisonment in the Conciergerie and her final tragic destiny under the guillotine. Zweig's account has been the definitive biography of Marie Antoinette since its publication, inspiring Antonia Fraser and the recent film adaptation. |