Description |
xxii, 512 pages : illustrations (some color), map, genealogical tables ; 25 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 479-490) and index. |
Contents |
pt. 1. Madame Antoine -- pt. 2. The Dauphine -- pt. 3. Queen consort -- pt. 4. Queen and mother -- pt. 5. The Austrian woman -- pt. 6. Widow Capet. |
Summary |
Describes the life of Marie Antionette from her betrothal as a fourteen-year-old girl to the future King Louis XVI, through her life in the French court, to her courage in the face of revolutionaries who sent her to the guillotine. |
Subject |
Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793.
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Queens -- France -- Biography.
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France -- History -- Louis XVI, 1774-1793.
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ISBN |
038548948X |
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