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Brief Book Recommendations: Marie Antoinette and Fashion
Queen of Fashion: What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution by Caroline WeberA "fashion biography" of Marie Antoinette, tracing the style and importance of Marie Antoinette's fashion from her early...
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Upcoming Release: Marriage and Revolution: Monsieur and Madame Roland by Sian...
Marriage and Revolution: Monsieur and Madame Roland by Sian ReynoldsRelease Date: September 15, 2012Publisher: Oxford University Press Marriage and Revolution is a double biography of Jean-Marie Roland...
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Upcoming Release: The Frankenstein of 1790 and Other Lost Chapters from...
The Frankenstein of 1790 and Other Lost Chapters from Revolutionary France by Julia V. DouthwaiteRelease Date: October 1, 2012Publisher: University of Chicago PressThe Frankenstein of 1790 and Other...
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Book Review: The Secret Diary of a Princess by Melanie Clegg
The Secret Diary of a Princess by Melanie Clegg is the fictional diary of Marie Antoinette which covers her earlier years as a young archduchess. Other fictional diaries and memoirs written from the...
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Welsh Responses to the French Revolution: Press and Public Discourse, 1789-1802by Marion LofflerRelease Date: July 15, 2012Publisher: University of Wales PressThe French Revolution inflamed public...
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Tea at Trianon: The Fersen Myth in Literature
Elena Maria Vidal dissects the Axel Fersen affair in literature at Tea at Trianon:Surfing the internet anyone can see that the Fersen myth is deeply entrenched in the public mind. This is due to major...
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Book Review: Days of Splendor, Days of Sorrow by Juliet Grey
[A review copy of this book was provided to me by the publisher at my request.]How can a queen, once young and beloved, become a prime target for hatred? Days of Splendor, Days of Sorrow by Juliet...
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Upcoming Releases
From Marie Antoinette's Garden: An Eighteenth Century Horticultural Notebook by Elisabeth de FeydeauRelease Date: February 5, 2013Publisher: FlammarionA look at the gardens of the Petit Trianon, from...
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Re-Release: Farewell, My Queen by Chantal Thomas
Farewell, My Queenby Chantal Thomas is going to be re-released this summer with a movie-tie in cover to coincide with the limited theatrical release of the film based on the book. The new edition will...
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Illustration: Moi & Marie Antoinette by Lynn Cullen
I'm a sucker for fun illustrations, which is why Moi & Marie Antoinette by Lynn Cullen is one of my favorite youth books about Marie Antoinette. This illustrated gem is told from the perspective of...
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Upcoming Release: A Companion to the French Revolution by Peter McPhee
A Companion to the French Revolution by Peter McPheeThe French Revolution is one of the great turning-points in modern history. Never before had the people of a large and populous country sought to...
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Upcoming Release: Constructing Paris in the Age of Revolution by Allan Potofsky
Constructing Paris in the Age of Revolution by Allan PotofskyThe great myth of Baron Haussmann is that 'modernity' began with his monumental reconstruction of Paris in the second half of the nineteenth...
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Review: Marie Antoinette and the Decline of the French Monarchy by Nancy Lotz
Marie Antoinette and the Decline of the French Monarchy by Nancy Lotz is a relatively new (2004) non-fiction book aimed at younger readers, aged 12 to 18. The book discusses the life of Marie...
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Review: Farewell, My Queen by Chantal Thomas
[A review copy of this edition was provided to me by the publisher upon my request.]Chantal Thomas' novel Farewell, My Queen has been getting a lot of buzz this year because of its recent film...
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Four Farewell, My Queen book covers
Four book covers for Farewell, My Queen by Chantal Thomas. Which is your favorite?
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Interview with Bianca Turetsky, author of The Time-Traveling Fashionista at...
I'm very excited to share my recent interview with Bianca Turetsky, author of The Time-Traveling Fashionista series and its newest entry, The Time-Traveling Fashionista at the Palace of Marie...
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Illustration: Marie Antoinette by Katie Daynes
An illustration from Marie Antoinette by Katie Daynes.
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The Queen's Presence (Farewell, My Queen)
… the characteristic aura you encountered, on coming into the Queen’s presence, indeed, as soon as you stepped into the atmosphere of her Household, was one of gentle kindness. And to anyone who was...
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Review: The Time-Traveling Fashionista at the Palace of Marie-Antoinette by...
Bianca Turetsky's Time-Traveling Fashionista series follows the adventures of a young Louise Lambert, who is obsessed with vintage fashion and finds herself invited to exclusive, and not-so-ordinary...
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Page to Screen: Marie-Antoinette Alone in the Corridor from Farewell, My Queen
One of my favorite passages from the novel Farewell, My Queen by Chantal Thomas is a short but powerful scene where the reader witnesses Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, wandering alone through the...
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