Marie Antoinette: The Journey - Rilegato

Fraser, Antonia

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ISBN 10: 038548948X ISBN 13: 9780385489485

Casa editrice: Doubleday, 2001

Riassunto

The acclaimed author of The Six Wives of Henry VIII describes her life, from her betrothal as an unsophisticated, poorly educated fourteen-year-old girl to the future King Louis XVI, through her difficult marriage in the French court, to her courage in the face of revolutionaries who sent her to the guillotine twenty-three years later. 75,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

“Fascinating . . . the court at Versailles comes alive.” –The Washington Post

“Colorful, fluently narrated. . . . A touching, psychologically believable portrait.” –The Wall Street Journal

“Absorbing as ever. Fraser’s blend of insight and research persuade us that this unfortunate queen deserves neither the vilification nor the idealization she has received.” –The New Yorker
From the Trade Paperback edition.

L'autore:

Since 1969 Antonia Fraser has written many acclaimed historical works which have been international bestsellers and is the recipient of many literary awards, including the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. These include the biographies Mary Queen of Scots, Cromwell: Our Chief of Men, and King Charles II. Three highly praised books focus on women in history: The Weaker Vessel: Women’s Lot in Seventeenth-Century England, The Warrior Queens, and The Six Wives of Henry VIII. Her most recent book was Faith and Treason: The Story of the Gunpowder Plot. She is editor of the series of Kings and Queens of England. Antonia Fraser is married to Harold Pinter and lives in London.

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• Editore: Doubleday
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 038548948X
• ISBN 13: 9780385489485
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 512