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'There has long been the need for an authoritative biography of France's last queen. Now, finally,
Antonia Fraser has completed the task'
Amanda Foreman, Observer
'An important addition both to our understanding of the queen and to the causes of the French Revolution. With her customary diligence and eye for telling detail, Fraser absolves Marie Antoinette of the vast majority of accusations made
against her over the centuries'
Andrew Roberts, Sunday Telegraph
'A brilliant picture not only of politics and revolution, but also of the cruelty of man to man - and a woman
more sinned against than sinning'
Simon Sebag Montefiore, Mail on Sunday
'The judgements are measured, the documentation full, and
the illustrations superb . . . Even for a life so public and so
often chronicled, the last word-can seldom be said. But this
readable and reliable account of Marie Antoinette's "journey"
comes as close as we are ever likely to get' William Doyle, Evening Standard
' 'A fine...
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'There has long been the need for an authoritative biography of France's last queen. Now, finally,
Antonia Fraser has completed the task'
Amanda Foreman, Observer
'An important addition both to our understanding of the queen and to the causes of the French Revolution. With her customary diligence and eye for telling detail, Fraser absolves Marie Antoinette of the vast majority of accusations made
against her over the centuries'
Andrew Roberts, Sunday Telegraph
'A brilliant picture not only of politics and revolution, but also of the cruelty of man to man - and a woman
more sinned against than sinning'
Simon Sebag Montefiore, Mail on Sunday
'The judgements are measured, the documentation full, and
the illustrations superb . . . Even for a life so public and so
often chronicled, the last word-can seldom be said. But this
readable and reliable account of Marie Antoinette's "journey"
comes as close as we are ever likely to get' William Doyle, Evening Standard
' 'A fine biography, sympathetic without sentimentality, and with a keen awareness of the texture of its subject's world' John Adamson, Literary Review
Winner of the Enid McLeod Literary Prize
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