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 Marie-Antoinette: A Portrait - Ian Dunlop
Newest Review: ... although in fact Ian Dunlop is writing about a completely different king altogether. After the death, the crown is now to be ... more  ... handed down to Louis Auguste, a very shy and reserved young man. Straight from the start you are made well aware that Louis is a very reluctant king.
And what with a young wife who has a love of expensive gowns and balls, when you've just started your reign over a country in massive debt it isn't the ideal situation.
Dunlop also writes about the wedding, marriage, the birth of their children and being imprisoned in The Temple. Despite this book being about Marie Antoinette she is hardly mentioned until aroun...more |
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Marie-Antoinette: A Portrait
Pages: 432, Hardcover, Sinclair - Stevenson Ltd Last Update 26.11.2009 05:50
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Marie-Antoinette: A Portrait - Ian Dunlop: Not much of a portrait for a beautiful queen. (676 words)
by - written on 07/06/09 (Very useful, 17 readings)
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I'm not really one for non fiction books and the only reason I picked this one up was because I've recently finished reading The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette. Like a lot of fact fiction style books I'm always a bit dubious about how much has been made up. Up until now all I really knew about her was very little. The actual book is 388 pages long so it is most definetly not a light read. It's set into 20 shortish chapters, each one delving into another historical period in time surrounding her life and the things which affected it. Ian Dunlop starts at the very beginning, before her marriage to Louis Auguste and the coronation to the ... Read the complete review
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