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A Novel of Marie Antoinette

by Sena Jeter Naslund (Author) (edit contributors)

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Marie Antoinette was a child of fourteen when her mother, the Empress of Austria, arranged for her to leave her family and her country to become the wife of the fifteen-year-old Dauphin, the future King of France. Coming of age in the most public of arenas—eager to be a good wife and strong... read more

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This fictionalized autobiography follows Marie Antoinette through her life as the Queen of France. It begins with her travels to France from Austria to be married to the Dauphin, the future Louis XVI. She symbolically sheds her old identity as Maria Antonia to become Marie Antoinette, the... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

This fictionalized autobiography follows Marie Antoinette through her life as the Queen of France. It begins with her travels to France from Austria to be married to the Dauphin, the future Louis XVI. She symbolically sheds her old identity as Maria Antonia to become Marie Antoinette, the Dauphine. Through Marie's eyes, we see how the royals lived at Versailles and how all the extravagance of the French monarchy eventually cost herself and those she loved a trip to the guillotine.

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  • “They have erected something very like a pagan temple, with an altar of incense, to do homage to the Goddess of Liberty. I did not know that she thrived on blood.”
    Marie Antoinette (narrator)
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  • All in a moment, the realization comes to me, more forcefully than ever, that preeminent men recognize not only the power in war and in the accumulation and display of great wealth: they are willing, at times, to bow to the power of beauty, and it is, indeed, a great power in this world for those who, through the gift of God, possess it.
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  • I realize the great advantage of possessing a light and graceful form: in it lies power.
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  • a moral lesson—good deeds echo after us, long after we have forgotten their enactment.
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  • resentment is the most readily visible of all the sinful emotions, but sorrow can enhance one’s sweetness and appeal. Resentment, the Empress says, is like a snake that nests in the bosom, and it can turn and strike her who harbors it.
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  • Those words, more precious than any diamond brooch, I pin to the inside of my heart.
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  • “all at once, of possessing grandeur, modesty, and sweetness.”
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  • I know a truth: my greatest pleasure will always be to give my subjects pleasure.
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  • Such is life: the passing of moments, none more or less real than another, for all their difference in import.
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  • Because we have been so brought up, the King and I feel it is our Christian duty to maintain the power of the throne, insomuch as that is possible, given the thirst of the French for a new kind of liberty. The divine right of kings to rule should not be abridged by mere men. And yet compromise is surely a practical necessity.
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  • The flowers of artifice are safe in all their prettiness. The lovely lives of real flowers are short.
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Like everyone, I am born naked.

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  1. Sena Jeter Naslund (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: HarperCollins
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 9780060825393
Page Count: 539

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