To the Scaffold: The Life of Marie Antoinette (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780312322052)

One of history's most misunderstood figures, Marie Antoinette represents the extravagance and the decadence of pre-Revolution France. Yet there was an innocence about Antoinette, thrust as a child into the chillingly formal French court.

Married to the maladroit, ill-mannered Dauphin, Antoinette found pleasure in costly entertainments and garments. She spent lavishly while her overtaxed and increasingly hostile subjects blamed her for France's plight. In time Antoinette matured into a courageous Queen, and when their enemies finally closed in, Antoinette followed her inept husband to the guillotine in one last act of bravery.

In To the Scaffold, Carolly Erickson provides an estimation of a lost Queen that is psychologically acute, richly detailed, and deeply moving.

Author: Carolly Erickson
ISBN-10: 0312322054
ISBN-13: 9780312322052
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
Language: English
Published: 07/01/2004
Pages: 392
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.00d