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Marie Antoinette
Stefan Zweig
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Description for Marie Antoinette
Paperback. Tells the story of Marie Antoinette, who became the Queen of France at the age of fifteen. This title analyzes the chemistry of a woman's soul from her intimate pleasures to her public suffering as a Queen under the weight of misfortune and history. It describes Marie Antoinette in the King's bedroom, and with her children. Translator(s): Paul, Eden; Paul, Cedar. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 124 x 32. Weight in Grams: 612.
Bringing to life one of the most complex characters in European history Stefan Zweig based his biography of Marie Antoinette, who became the Queen of France at the age of fifteen, on the correspondence between her and her mother, and her great love the Count Axel von Fersen. Zweig analyzes the chemistry of a woman's soul from her intimate pleasures to her public suffering as a Queen under the weight of misfortune and history. Zweig describes Marie Antoinette in the King's bedroom, in the enchanted and extravagant world of the Trianon, and with her children. And in his account ... Read more
Bringing to life one of the most complex characters in European history Stefan Zweig based his biography of Marie Antoinette, who became the Queen of France at the age of fifteen, on the correspondence between her and her mother, and her great love the Count Axel von Fersen. Zweig analyzes the chemistry of a woman's soul from her intimate pleasures to her public suffering as a Queen under the weight of misfortune and history. Zweig describes Marie Antoinette in the King's bedroom, in the enchanted and extravagant world of the Trianon, and with her children. And in his account ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pushkin Press
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
475g
Number of Pages
592
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781906548308
SKU
V9781906548308
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About Stefan Zweig
Stefan Zweig was born in 1881 in Vienna, a member of a wealthy Austrian-Jewish family. He studied in Berlin and Vienna and was first known as a translator and later as a biographer. Zweig travelled widely, living in Salzburg between the wars, and enjoying literary fame. His stories and novellas were collected in 1934. In the same year, with the ... Read more
Reviews for Marie Antoinette
Certainly no one can arise unmoved from the reading of this powerful work The New Republic Excellent biography The New York Times Stefan Zweig's remarkable study of Marie Antoinette; A full-bodied biography which bids fair to be the definitive life of that tragic queen The New York Times The most influential biography of Marie Antoinette The Guardian