Description
One of history’s most misunderstood figures, Marie Antoinette represents the extravagance and the decadence of pre-Revolution France. Yet there was an innocence about Antoinette, thrust as a child into the chillingly formal French court.
Married to the maladroit, ill-mannered Dauphin, Antoinette found pleasure in costly entertainments and garments. She spent lavishly while her overtaxed and increasingly hostile subjects blamed her for France’s plight. In time Antoinette matured into a courageous Queen, and when their enemies finally closed in, Antoinette followed her inept husband to the guillotine in one last act of bravery.
In To the Scaffold, Carolly Erickson provides an estimation of a lost Queen that is psychologically acute, richly detailed, and deeply moving.
Über den Autor Carolly Erickson
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2000 |
|---|---|
| Fachbereich: | Regionalgeschichte |
| Genre: | Geschichte, Importe |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| ISBN-13: | 9780312322052 |
| ISBN-10: | 0312322054 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Erickson, Carolly |
| Hersteller: | St. Martins Press-3PL |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, [email protected] |
| Maße: | 229 x 152 x 23 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Carolly Erickson |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 05.09.2000 |
| Gewicht: | 0,635 kg |
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