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noted at 03:26PM 05/26/08
This is the best book on Marie Antoinette I have ever read. It really explains her and the tragic events that surrounded her life. If you want to understand how the French court functioned, thought and behaved, this book is for you.

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Queen of Fashion: What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution
Caroline Weber


A Washington Post Book World Best Book of the Year When her carriage first crossed over from her native Austria into France, fourteen-year-old Marie Antoinette was taken out, stripped naked before an entourage, and dressed in French attire to please the court of her new king. For a short while, the young girl played the part. But by the time she took the throne, everything had changed. In Queen of Fashion, Caroline Weber tells of the radical restyling that transformed the young queen into an icon and s ... read more

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