To the Scaffold
Autor Carolly Ericksonen Limba Engleză Paperback – 5 sep 2000
One of history's most misunderstood figures, Marie Antoinette represents the extravagance and the decadence of pre-Revolution France. Yet there was an innocence about Antoinette, thrust as a child into the chillingly formal French court.
Married to the maladroit, ill-mannered Dauphin, Antoinette found pleasure in costly entertainments and garments. She spent lavishly while her overtaxed and increasingly hostile subjects blamed her for France's plight. In time Antoinette matured into a courageous Queen, and when their enemies finally closed in, Antoinette followed her inept husband to the guillotine in one last act of bravery.
In To the Scaffold, Carolly Erickson provides an estimation of a lost Queen that is psychologically acute, richly detailed, and deeply moving.
Married to the maladroit, ill-mannered Dauphin, Antoinette found pleasure in costly entertainments and garments. She spent lavishly while her overtaxed and increasingly hostile subjects blamed her for France's plight. In time Antoinette matured into a courageous Queen, and when their enemies finally closed in, Antoinette followed her inept husband to the guillotine in one last act of bravery.
In To the Scaffold, Carolly Erickson provides an estimation of a lost Queen that is psychologically acute, richly detailed, and deeply moving.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780312322052
ISBN-10: 0312322054
Pagini: 392
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.64 kg
Ediția:Reprint
Editura: St. Martins Press-3pl
ISBN-10: 0312322054
Pagini: 392
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.64 kg
Ediția:Reprint
Editura: St. Martins Press-3pl
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Notă biografică
A Ph.D. in medieval history from Columbia University led Carolly Erickson to six years as a college professor, then to a career as a full-time writer. She lives in Hawaii.
Descriere
One of America's foremost writers of literary nonfiction brings us one of history's most misunderstood figures, Marie Antoinette. "An extraordinary life . . . Ms. Erickson gives us a likable, empathetic woman and broadens our understanding of her".--The New York Times Book Review.