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Author Masterson, Meghan, author.

Title The wardrobe mistress : a novel of Marie Antoinette / Meghan Masterson.

Publication Info. New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2017.

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Location Call No. Status
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Main Level  FICTION MASTERS    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Adult Fiction  F MASTERSON MEGHAN    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 307 pages ; 21 cm
Summary "It's Giselle Aubry's first time at court in Versailles. At sixteen, she is one of Marie Antoinette's newest undertirewomen, and in awe of the glamorous queen and her opulent palace life. A budding designer, it's a dream come true to work with the beautiful fabrics and jewels in the queen's wardrobe. But every few weeks she returns home to visit her family in the Parisian countryside where rumors of revolution are growing stronger. From her position working in the royal household, Giselle is poised to see both sides of the revolutionary tensions erupting throughout Paris. When her uncle, a retired member of the secret du roi, a spy ring that worked for the old King, Louis XV, suggests that she casually report the Queen's actions back to him as a game, she leaps at the chance. Spying seems like an adventure and an exciting way to privately support the revolution taking the countryside by storm. She also enjoys using her insight from Versailles in lively debates with Léon Gauvain, the handsome and idealistic revolutionary who courts her. But as the revolution continues to gain momentum, and Giselle grows closer to the Queen, becoming one of the few trusted servants, she finds herself dangerously torn. Violence is escalating; she must choose where her loyalty truly lies, or risk losing everything...maybe even her head. THE WARDROBE MISTRESS is Meghan Masterson's fascinating and visceral debut, not to be missed"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793 -- Fiction.
France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Fiction.
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.
Dressmakers -- Fiction.
FICTION / Historical.
FICTION / Romance / Regency.
Revolution (France : 1789-1799) (OCoLC)fst01354514
Dressmakers. (OCoLC)fst00897998
Man-woman relationships. (OCoLC)fst01007080
France. (OCoLC)fst01204289
Genre/Form Biographical fiction.
Chronological Term 1789-1799
Genre/Form Historical fiction.
Love stories.
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 9781250126665 (softcover)
1250126665 (softcover)
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