Product Description: Married for political reasons at the age of fourteen, Marie Antoinette was naïve, impetuous, and ill-equipped for the role in which history cast her. From her birth in Vienna in 1755 through her turbulent, unhappy marriage, the bloody turmoil of the French Revolution, her trial for high treason during which she was accused of incest, and her final beheading, Marie Antoinette’s life was a tragic tale of disastrous circumstances colliding...read more

Product Description: María Antonieta es una magnífica biografía. La genial descripción del personaje y del ambiente de la época se debe tanto a la gran penetración psicológica de Stefan Zweig y a su poderosa intuición poética, como a la fidedigna documentación de que se sirvió...read more

A portrait of the famous mistress of Louis XV traces the political and personal intricacies of her relationship with the king, her impact on period culture, and friendships with top artists, writers, and philosophers. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.

A stunning new biography of the legendary French queen explores the scandal, intrigue, and regal extravagance surrounding her life, as well as the events leading up to her death on the guillotine. Reprint. (view table of contents)

A stunning new biography of the legendary French queen explores the scandal, intrigue, and regal extravagence surrounding her life, as well as the events leading up to her death on the guillotine. (view table of contents)