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Marie Antoinette: The Journey
by Antonia Fraser

Marie Antoinette: The Journey
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Author: Antonia Fraser
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2002-11-12
ISBN: 0385489498
Number of pages: 544
Publisher: Anchor

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Book Review: "Will the people never be tired of my weaknesses?.
Summary: 3 Stars

A refreshing look at the life of the Marie Antionette.I read the book twice.
What I liked was the author did not have to defend the French Revolution from the point of view of an 'Idealogue'.
The tone is objective,and contrasts the inconsistency of French Revolutionaries in their ideas and behaviour.For example contrasting the murders at the Tullieries and the accusation that the Monarchy was responsible for the shedding of the blood of French Patriots,while they themselves were covered in the blood of French men, woman, and children.
The book paints the picture of Marie Antionette as a human being.She leaps off the pages and one can see she was no Medea,or Brunhilde,or Athaliah,but a vulnerable person who had 'weaknesses.'
She tried to create a semblance of famly life at the 'Petite Trianon'.After viewing the Versailles State bedroom,and Petite Trianon,I can understand why she fled to her village.
She lived, loved and lost,and in the end by her death, showed she was truly a 'Daughter of the Caesars'.
My interest was caught by the Convent visit of Dr John Moore,when he brought clothes for the Dauphin from the Duchess of Sutherland.Is it possible he took the Dauphin before the Temple imprisonment? The Deputies asked Marie Antionette why the Dauphin was crying so much?.
We know Marie Antionette adopted poor boys that had blue eyes and blond hair,was the Dauphin taken in the few short hours before the Temple? Marie Antionette must have had no illusions that they were in deadly peril.Could she have given up the Dauphin then?Interesting question!.
I recomend this book for anyone interested in a balanced,empathetic view of the life of Marie Antionette, from birth to her gut-wrenching fate.
I will never hear the 'Marseillaise',again without a shudder.

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