This text turns aside from the official portraits and great historical events to rediscover the private places and objects that reflect Marie Antoinettes person

Marie-Antoinette has been idolized as the height of eighteenth-century French style and vilified as the spark that ignited the French Revolution. This book depa

Marie-Antoinette is one of the most fascinating and controversial figures in all of French history. This volume explores the many struggles by various individua

France's iconic queen, Marie Antoinette, wrongly accused of uttering the infamous "Let them eat cake," was alternately revered and reviled during her lifetime.

In this dazzling new vision of the ever-fascinating queen, a dynamic young historian reveals how Marie Antoinette's bold attempts to reshape royal fashion chang