![]() ![]() Stefan Zweig's Marie Antoinette: The Portrait of an Average Woman is a dramatic account of the guillotine's most famous victim, from the time when as a fourteen-year-old she took Versailles by storm, to her frustrations with her aloof husband, her passionate love affair with the Swedish Count von Fersen, and ultimately to the chaos of the French Revolution and the savagery of the Terror. From Internet: Life at the court of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette has long captivated readers, drawn by accounts of the intrigues and pageantry that came to such a sudden and unexpected end. First published in 1932, this 1933 translation is the first in English. Inside, age-browning of paper of inside cover and first and last few pages, but the interior is not affected. ![]() Very Good-Plus Condition for this Vintage 1933 book. An impassioned narrative, Zweig's biography focuses on the human emotions of the participants and victims of the French Revolution, making it both an engrossingly compelling read and a sweeping and informative history. Item: 191999115338 Marie Antoinette: Portrait of an Average Woman, Zweig, 1933, Garden City. Location: Rancho Cordova, California, US, ![]()
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