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| Title | : | Marie Antoinette: The Portrait of an Average Woman |
| Author | : | Stefan Zweig |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 476 pages |
| Published | : | July 8th 2002 by Grove Press (first published 1932) |
| Categories | : | History. Biography. Nonfiction. Cultural. France |
Stefan Zweig
Paperback | Pages: 476 pages Rating: 4.28 | 4047 Users | 313 Reviews
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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. 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. 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. "Certainly no one can arise unmoved from the reading of this powerful work." -- The New Republic "Excellent biography." -- The New York Times
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| Original Title: | Marie Antoinette. Bildnis eines mittleren Charakters |
| ISBN: | 0802139094 (ISBN13: 9780802139092) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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I have read several books recently that either espoused or rejected the "great man" theory of history -- that history is the story of the deeds of great men in important positions. On one end of the spectrum is the execrable "Why The West Rules For Now," in which the author kept insisting that history is about "maps not chaps." Zweig sits at the other end of the spectrum, seemingly taking the position here that history is the the story of the personal psychologies of mediocre people who areWhat is the sum of a life? The manner in which an individual toiled away the majority of her living hours, the way history chooses to remember her, or how she approaches her final days, trying to live while knowing all that awaits her is death? In evaluating the sum of Marie-Antoinettes life, the answer to this question is critical. Her rich story has been combed over by many a magnifying glass both during and after her reign as Queen of France, and its so full of anomalies that more than two
As I stated when on What Are You Reading and Why bulletin board, I found this biography in a basement that I was helping to clean out. I was surprised by the age of the book and the subject matter. I realized that I knew very little about Queen Marie Antoinette other than the high-school snippets: her supposed reaction of "let them eat cake" to the famine in France, to her public beheading on all sorts of trumped charges, other than the main one --- she was not a good ruler.Since this book was
I've always steered clear of biographies on the premise that 400+ pages about any one person must be overkill. My dad strongly recommended this one, though, and I thought I'd give it a try. Much to my (pleasant) surprise, this book kept me interested on every page and through every chapter. Marie Antoinette's life history and the context both of her marriage to Louis XVI and the French Revolution are fascinating. It's not light reading, but it's certainly worth the effort. I really enjoyed it.
This book is the most complete biography of Marie Antoinette I have ever read.First at all, the author made a huge research work in order to bring the historical facts which surrounded the Marie Antoinette's life.In the first part of the book, Antoinette is described as a young monarch which her main concern, once she married Louis XVI, is to enjoy life as much as possible. In the meantime, the Habsburgs are trying to guide her destiny specially when she became Queen of France. Due to Louis'
This is a book best read as a novel rather than a work of non-fiction. The writing style is that of a storyteller - there's unabashed editorialising. Take:Lightly, caressingly, Marie Antoinette picked up the crown as a gift. She was still too young to know that life never gives anything for nothing, and that a price is always exacted for what fate bestows. She did not think she would have to pay a price. She simply accepted the rights of her royal position and performed no duties in exchange.
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