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Abundance [a novel of Marie Antoinette]

Marie Antoinette was a child of 14 when her mother, Empress of Austria, arranged for her to leave her family, her country, and her home to become the wife of 15-year-old Dauphin, the future King Louis XVI of France. Far from home and thrust into the role of wife, and queen, Marie Antoinette lived a brief--but astounding--life. Naslund reveals a Marie Antoinette who rebelled against the formality and rigid protocol of the court; an outsider who became the target of a revolution that ultimately decided her fate. Naslund has created a portrait of a woman very different from the figure we think we know.

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  • "Marie Antoinette was a child of 14 when her mother, Empress of Austria, arranged for her to leave her family, her country, and her home to become the wife of 15-year-old Dauphin, the future King Louis XVI of France. Far from home and thrust into the role of wife, and queen, Marie Antoinette lived a brief--but astounding--life. Naslund reveals a Marie Antoinette who rebelled against the formality and rigid protocol of the court; an outsider who became the target of a revolution that ultimately decided her fate. Naslund has created a portrait of a woman very different from the figure we think we know."@en
  • "Marie Antoinette was a child of 14 when her mother, Empress of Austria, arranged for her to leave her family, her country, and her home to become the wife of 15-year-old Dauphin, the future King Louis XVI of France. Far from home and thrust into the role of wife, and queen, Marie Antoinette lived a brief--but astounding--life. Naslund reveals a Marie Antoinette who rebelled against the formality and rigid protocol of the court; an outsider who became the target of a revolution that ultimately decided her fate. Naslund has created a portrait of a woman very different from the figure we think we know."
  • "Marie Antoinette was a child of fourteen when she was made to leave her family, her country, her home, and go to France to become the wife of another child, the fifteen year-old Louis the XVI. Suddenly, far from home and thrust not only into the role of woman, and wife, but of Queen, Marie Antoinette lived an astonishing, though short existence."@en
  • "Marie Antoinette was a child of 14 when her mother, Empress of Austria, arranged for her to leave her family, her country, and her home to become the wife of 15-year-old Dauphin, the future King Louis XVI of France. Far from home and thrust into the role of wife, and queen, Marie Antoinette lived a brief--but astounding--life. Naslund reveals a Marie Antoinette who rebelled against the formality and rigid protocol of the court; an outsider who became the target of a revolution that ultimately decided her fate."
  • "Marie Antoinette was a child of 14 when her mother, Empress of Austria, arranged for her to leave her family, her country, and her home to become the wife of 15-year-old Dauphin, the future King Louis XVI of France. Far from home and thrust into the role of wife, and queen, Marie Antoinette lived a brief--but astounding--life. Naslund reveals a Marie Antoinette who rebelled against the formality and rigid protocol of the court; an outsider who became the target of a revolution that ultimately decided her fate."@en
  • ""Like everyone, I am born naked." With this opening line of Naslund's compelling new novel, a very human Marie Antoinette invites readers to live her story as she herself experiences it. -Dust jacket."
  • "As her world of unprecedented royal splendor crumbles, Marie Antoinette matures into a heroine of inspiring stature, one whose nobility arises not from the circumstance of her birth but from her courageous spirit."@en
  • "A fictional tale of the life of Marie Antoinette presents the story of a teenage empress's daughter who is forced to leave her family home to marry the future king of France and who rebels against the formality and rigid protocol of court life."@en
  • "Marie Antoinette was a child of fourteen when she was made to leave her family, her country, her home, and go to France to become the wife of another child, the fifteen year-old Louis the XVI. Suddenly, far from home and thrust not only into the role of woman, and wife, but of Queen, Marie Antoinette lived an astonishing, though short existence. The book is based on Sena's impeccable research and though fictionalized, reveals Marie Antoinette as an entirely different person than the one who supposedly said of the starving French peasants, "let them eat cake". Marie Antoinette in fact, rebelled against the extravagances of the court but as an outsider, was the target of an uprising that finally, decided her fate. Sena Jeter Naslund, who brought to life a fictional character called "Ahab's wife", now draws an incredible portrait of a woman we think we know-Marie Antoinette-and in her, has created one of her most memorable and moving characters."
  • "Marie Antoinette was a child of fourteen when she was made to leave her family, her country, her home, and go to France to become the wife of another child, the fifteen year-old Louis the XVI. Suddenly, far from home and thrust not only into the role of woman, and wife, but of Queen, Marie Antoinette lived an astonishing, though short existence. The book is based on Sena's impeccable research and though fictionalized, reveals Marie Antoinette as an entirely different person than the one who supposedly said of the starving French peasants, "let them eat cake". Marie Antoinette in fact, rebelled against the extravagances of the court but as an outsider, was the target of an uprising that finally, decided her fate. Sena Jeter Naslund, who brought to life a fictional character called "Ahab's wife", now draws an incredible portrait of a woman we think we know-Marie Antoinette-and in her, has created one of her most memorable and moving characters."@en
  • "A look at the private life of the French queen."@en
  • "A very human Marie Antoinette invites readers to live her story as she herself experiences it. Marie Antoinette was a child of fourteen when her mother, the Empress of Austria, arranged for her to become the wife of the fifteen-year-old Dauphin, the future King of France. The young queen embraces her new family and the French people, and she is embraced in return. She shows her new husband nothing but love and encouragement, though he fails to give her a child and an heir to the throne. Deeply disappointed and isolated, the queen allows herself to remain ignorant of the country's growing economic and political crises, and the people turn against her. Poor harvests, bitter winters, war debts, and poverty precipitate rebellion and revenge known as "the Terror.""@en

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