Marie Antoinette

Paperback, 640 pages

English language

Published May 30, 2002 by Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ).

ISBN:
978-0-7538-1305-8
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4 stars (1 review)

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Well I certainly learned a lot.

4 stars

I have a hard time with biographies because it always feels like the author is leaning one way or another in regards to the person that they are writing on. This felt a lot like it was leaning towards favoring Marie Antoinette and showcasing how unfairly she was treated in comparison to others during the trial period especially.

I did not know that there was a trial period either. So I learned a lot. I don't know why but whenever the elimination of kings and/or queens were discussed in the past I always assumed it was people showing up and dragging them out to behead them. I never looked into it past high school, so it definitely surprised me to find out exactly how long it took for her life to end. I also never really thought to consider the guillotine to be a "humane" way of executing back then. …

Subjects

  • Biography: general
  • Biography: royalty
  • European history: c 1750 to c 1900
  • Marie Antoinette
  • Biography/Autobiography