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The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette

A Novel

By Carolly Erickson

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| Hardcover | 9780312337087

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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 ofContinue

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.

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    BECAUSE I dislike historical fiction, because I shun books that have curlicue writing or raised gold lettering on the cover, because I am a knee-jerk literary snob, I was entirely prepared to hate Carolly Erickson's novel, "The Hidden Diary of Marie ... (read full critics)

    nytimes published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010

  • The Best Reviews: Carolly Erickson, The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette

    "A fine work of historical fiction" In 1769, Father Kunibert demands that thirteen years old Archduchess Maria Antonia called Antoinette to confess her sins by writing them down in a journal. Thus starts a record of her life through her eyes that she ... (read full critics)

    thebestreviews published on Thu, 16 Sep 2010

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    Fun read

    I'm always interested in the French Revolution but never read anything about it (..werido..). To me, this book offers a good start to get to know more about all the characters involved in this event.

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  • English Books
  • Hardcover 352 Pages
  • Edition: 1
  • ISBN-10: 0312337086
  • ISBN-13: 9780312337087
  • Publisher: St. Martin's Press
  • Pub date: Sep 01, 2005
  • Dimensions: 1548 mm x 1032 mm x 194 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Paperback, Audio CD and Audio Cassette
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