Tells the story of Marie Antoinette, who became the Queen of France at the age of fifteen. This title analyzes the chemistry of a woman's soul from her intimate pleasures to her public suffering as a Queen under the weight of misfortune and history. It describes Marie Antoinette in the King's bedroom, and with her children.
A biography of France's youngest queen that promises to 'analyse the chemistry of a woman's soul from her intimate pleasures to he public suffering under the weight of misfortune...and her tragic destiny under the guillotine.' Zweig based this biography on the correspondence the queen held with her mother and with her great love, the Count Axel De Fersen.
´Certainly no one can arise unmoved from the reading of this powerful work´ -
The New Republic´Excellent biography´ -
The New York Times´Stefan Zweig´s remarkable study of Marie Antoinette; A full-bodied biography which bids fair to be the definitive life of that tragic queen´ -
The New York Times´The most influential biography of Marie Antoinette´ -
The Guardian
