A very Freudian biography that has influenced many of the works published afterward. Marie Antoinette: The Portrait of an Average Woman by Stefan ZweigĪn engrossing, dramatic biography that focuses on the human emotions of the participants and victims of the French Revolution. A bit dated, but a short, informational biography.Ī dual biography that, like Webster's dual biography volumes, recognizes the need to study the king and queen together in order to properly understand their decisions and lives. Marie-Antoinette: A Portrait by Ian DunlopĪn unusually sympathetic portrait of the tragic Queen.Ī carefully written biography, Seward does not hide Marie Antoinette's failings - but nor does he twist them to suit a romantic fairy tale or contemporary bias. Marie Antoinette: The Journey by Antonia Fraser *Īn engaging popular historical biography, this sympathetic portrait of Marie Antoinette makes no attempt to hide her shortcomings, while focusing on her personal warmth and noble bearing during her final ordeal. The first in an excellent two volume dual biography about the king and queen before and during the Revolution. Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette Before the Revolution by Nesta Webster *
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