Marie-Antoinette by Ian Dunlop

Marie-Antoinette by Ian Dunlop

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Aims to show Marie Antoinette of France as her contemporaries would have seen her, against a historically detailed background. Dunlop describes such events as the royal wedding, the Diamond Necklace hoax, and finally the suffering and humiliation that preceded her execution by the Jacobins.

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Marie-Antoinette by Ian Dunlop

In October 1793, Marie Antoinette was executed by the Jacobins. To mark the bi-centenary of this event, Ian Dunlop offers a portrait of the unfortunate queen. He aims to present her as contemporaries would have seen her, sharply characterized against a vivid background. Dunlop describes her wedding festivities, taking readers behind the scenes. He also describes her husband's coronation and the queen's feelings about the Diamond Necklace hoax. The reader shares ceaseless rounds of visits to Fontainebleau, Compiegne, Marly, Choisy-le-Roi, La Muette and Trianon, and accompanies Marie Antoinette on the road to Varennes and back. Dunlop finally gives an account of Marie Antoinette's suffering and humiliations in the Temple, and a last glimpse of her through the eyes of Rosalie Lamorliere, in the Conciergerie.
SKU Nicht verfügbar
ISBN 13 9781856192613
ISBN 10 185619261X
Titel Marie-Antoinette
Autor Ian Dunlop
Buchzustand Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart Hardback
Verlag Vintage Publishing
Erscheinungsjahr 1993-10-11
Seitenanzahl 432
Hinweis auf dem Einband Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.