Marie Antoinette: An Intimate History

Download or read book Marie Antoinette: An Intimate History written by Melanie Clegg and published by . This book was released on 2015-01-11 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the youngest daughter of the Empress Maria Theresa of Austria, Marie Antoinette was born into a world of almost unbelievable privilege and power. As wide of Louis XVI of France she was first feted and adored and then universally hated as tales of her dissipated lifestyle and extravagance pulled the already discredited monarchy into a maelstrom of revolution, disaster, and tragedy. This illustrated biography takes a fresh look at the story of this most fascinating and misunderstood of queens, exploring her personal tribulations as well as the series of disasters that brought her to the guillotine in October 1793.