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Memoirs of the Court of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France
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Memoirs of the Court of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France

A Beautiful account of the French Court by the companion of Marie Antoinette herself.
 
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Marie Therese, Child of Terror: The Fate of Marie Antoinette's Daughter [Audiobook]
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Marie Therese, Child of Terror: The Fate of Marie Antoinette's Daughter [Audiobook]

In December 1795, on the midnight stroke of her 17th birthday, Marie-Therese, the only surviving child of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI, fled Paris' notorious Temple Prison. Kept in solitary confinement after her parents' brutal execution during the Terror, she had been unaware of the fate of her family, save the cries she heard of her young brother being tortured in an adjacent cell.
 
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Redoute: The Man who Painted Flowers
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Redoute: The Man who Painted Flowers

An introduction to an artist who has been called the most accomplished flower painter follows his small-village, underprivileged youth and his services under Queen Marie Antoinette and the Empress Josephine.
 
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The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette
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The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette

Carolly Erickson presents a very human and multi-textured portrait of a queen who all too often has been reduced to a historical one-liner. Her Marie Antoinette is a dutiful daughter, a devoted mother, a committed wife and a passionate romantic. She even has a social conscience. As the chronicle of one woman's life and loves, The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette rings true.
 
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Marie Antoinette - The Journey
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Marie Antoinette - The JourneyMarie Antoinette - The Journey

In the past, Antonia Fraser's bestselling histories and biographies have focused on people and events in her native England, from Mary Queen of Scots to Faith and Treason: The Story of the Gunpowder Plot. Now she crosses the Channel to limn the life of France's unhappiest queen, bringing along her gift for fluent storytelling, vivid characterization, and evocative historical background.
 
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