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Rating:  Summary: A Wonderful Book Review: I have read many books about Marie-Antoinette, but none of them was as exciting and captivanting as this one. It tells the story through the queen's own words and that helps us understand her even better.
Rating:  Summary: The BEST book I've ever read Review: If you are intersted in the French Revolution, Marie Antoinette, or just want a good read, this book is the one to read. If you like this book and become interested in royalty, or you already are, Victoria holt wrote tons of other books on British and some Spanish, French, and Italian royalty under the pseudonym Jean Plaidy, so try those. This book is a fictional memoir written by Marie Antoinette between 1789 and her death in 1793. It covers her whole life (sympathetically) and dispells the rumor that she said "Let them eat cake". Read this!
Rating:  Summary: Marie Antoinette Vividly Tells Her Story! Review: This book actually should be under one of Victoria Holt's other pen names, Jean Plaidy. Plaidy writes about actual historical figures. The Queen's Confession is told by Marie Antoinette herself. Well, not actually, but how she would have written it. She grows up in the Austrian court under the guidance of her mother, the Empress Maria Therese. She marries the Dauphin of France and deals with the "uncrowned queen", Madame du Barry. Finally, she becomes queen and started the beginning of the end of the French monarchy. Scandal, intrigue, and flamboyancy were never as great, and the consequences are even greater. This book was wonderful! I actually learned a lot about her (I thought I knew everything!). Also, it is a good book to read if you are in for a good cry.
Rating:  Summary: The number1 "first person" book. Fantastic and extraordinary Review: We have to read a book for both my AP and English class. I wen to the library just to pick up something to read, immediatey as i entered the library, the book just drawn me nigh. I quickly went to the librarian desk to check it out. The two librarians told me, this is a very good book, and they also love the writer and therefore they highly recommend it. I couldn't stop for something when i started reading the book. This books gives a lot of details about the the head nations in europe duting the 16 throughout the 18th century. It talks about the affairs of the country and also talks about the character of Queen Marie Antoinette. It deal with social, political and economical issues in France and other countries by then. I personally recommend this book to every one, because it let you know more about a past culture and characters. I really encourage the reading of this book. It increased by knowledge on Europe, I am very sure it will another reader in the same way.
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