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The book I am reading at present is "Marie Antoinette" by Evelyne Lever. It is stated to give a balanced picture of MA, but I feel it is much more detailed...
I am reading Castelot's biography about Madame Royale, which seems very good so far, thank you, Olivier, for the reference, and have just finished reading his...
"more inclined to think she WAS guilty of plotting and planning and even spying for her mother, and later for her brother when he became Emperor." why do you...
"that she honestly thought she was doing the right thing by trying to help her country" Which country do you believe was her country? When she changed her...
Hello All, MA never spied on behalf of her mother or her brother. But she was expected to "serve" her birth country diplomatically. Her very marriage with the...
I agree with you, Louis XVI and the Queen were mistaken in their belief their escape would save the day and re-establish order in France. They believed the...
I basically agree with Olivier, I think the Spying accusations were because of her passing the plans of the french army to the austrians during the revolution...
Couldn`t agree more!She was just a pawn and was used by her Mother and then her brothers.She was also used by the French,who made her a scapegoat of all their ...
First, for the content: this woman must have had one of the most unhappy life stories ever. Imprisoned as a child, parents murdered, aunt murdered, brother...
Marie Antoinette was just a child when she came to France - 14 years old. At 20 she was Queen of France, with all the wealth of France at her command. Although...
Marie Antoinette always managed to "get through" to those who hated her - the women of Paris in particular. When confronted with her, they were able at last...
Thank you for this book review - I will watch out for the book. Have you read Madame Royale's own account of her imprisonment in the Temple with her family,...
Actually, part of the problem may have been that there were too many people trying to tell her what to do and control her behavior - and therefore she - a)...
Does anyone know any list of French Revolution fiction? or if not, can anyone recommend some good stuff, in english or french? I know: * The wonderful Scarlet...
I don't really understand why you want to read fiction - the "truth" as we read it is so varied that one historical account is never the same as another, and...
Does it has to be an either/or? I read plenty of history. I also like to read fiction. in fiction, it sometimes ends well, and even more important: I don't...
I take your point as to enjoying the end because you don't already know it. Don't mind a politically incorrect joke, but don't really "get it"! One of the...
One good reason for reading fiction is the sheer pleasure of it. A second, and equally good reason to read fiction is that it can spin concepts around such...
Plus, why should anyone have to justify a taste? would anyone in the group like to have to explain and justify why they are interested in 18th century dead...
I can't tell if this is in response to my saying I can't see the point of reading Historical Fiction - I didn't say I didn't want anyone else to do it! Marged ...
This weekend the History Channel has been advertising a 2-hour special presentation it will run called "The French Revolution". It will air in the USA Monday...
Hello everybody, I am Johanna and a new member here. I just wanted to share this information with you. Today I read an article in my newspaper (SZ) about...
I just came across this news from the summer that American history documentary film-maker David Grubin is hard at work on his own 2-hour biography of Marie...
For those who read French (and I for one am certainly challenged on that score *grinz*) - here is an interesting commentary from October 2004 on the developing...
