| The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette Contributor(s): Erickson, Carolly (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312361505 ISBN-13: 9780312361501 Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2006 Annotation: This captivating retelling of Marie Antoinette's life turns the tables by giving heart and mind to one of the most sensational, and maddeningly complex, historical figures of all time. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - Medieval - Fiction | Historical - World War Ii |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.95 lbs) 368 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - French - Chronological Period - 18th Century |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 103775 Reading Level: 6.5 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 16.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Imagine that, on the night before she is to die under the blade of the guillotine, Marie Antoinette leaves behind in her prison cell a diary telling the story of her life--from her privileged childhood as Austrian Archduchess to her years as glamorous mistress of Versailles to the heartbreak of imprisonment and humiliation during the French Revolution. Carolly Erickson takes the reader deep into the psyche of France's doomed queen: her love affair with handsome Swedish diplomat Count Axel Fersen, who risked his life to save her; her fears on the terrifying night the Parisian mob broke into her palace bedroom intent on murdering her and her family; her harrowing attempted flight from France in disguise; her recapture and the grim months of harsh captivity; her agony when her beloved husband was guillotined and her young son was torn from her arms, never to be seen again. Erickson brilliantly captures the queen's voice, her hopes, her dreads, and her suffering. We follow, mesmerized, as she reveals every detail of her remarkable, eventful life--from her teenage years when she began keeping a diary to her final days when she awaited her own bloody appointment with the guillotine. |
Contributor Bio(s): Erickson, Carolly: - Distinguished historian Carolly Erickson is the author of Rival to the Queen, The Memoirs of Mary Queen of Scots, The First Elizabeth, The Hidden Life of Josephine, The Last Wife of Henry VIII, and many other prize-winning works of fiction and nonfiction. Her novel The Tsarina's Daughter won the Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award for Best Historical Fiction. She lives in Hawaii. |