Others are equally passionate in her defence: to them, she is a victim of misogyny.Īntonia 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. The national bestseller from the acclaimed author of The Wives of Henry VIII. It turns out she was a teenager with a lot of responsibilities. 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’. The author points out how misjudged Marie is. such as Sofia Coppola's film (or British author Antonia Fraser's biography. Kirsten Dunst portrays the ill-fated child. Written and directed by Academy Award winner Sofia Coppola (2003, Best Writing, Lost In Translation), Marie Antoinette is an electrifying yet intimate re-telling of the turbulent life of history's favorite villainess.

Marie Antoinette’s dramatic life-story continues to arouse mixed emotions. In fact, Marie Antoinette seems to be a popular subject for American. Marie Antoinette (2006) Review Date October 26th, 2016 by Luke Hickman. ‘Superbly researched … the definitive work on the ill-fated queen’ CATHOLIC HERALD ‘Fraser is at her best here, lucid, authoritative and compassionate’ SUNDAY TIMES

‘Beautifully paced, impeccably written … Don’t miss it’ INDEPENDENT ‘Drama, betrayal, religion and sex, it’s all here … Fascinating’ GUARDIAN In this illuminating and sweeping biography of Frances most infamous queen, best-selling author Antonia Fraser portrays a young woman whose journey from.

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