Queen Of France.
Castelot, Andre'.
Place Published: New York:
Publisher: Harper & Brothers,
Date Published: 1957.
Description: THE DUST JACKET READS: She was Marie Antoinette, a lovely Austrian princess. She was fourteen when she first met her fifteen-year-old husband, the Dauphin of France. He was a shy, heavy young man, overshadowed by his grandfather, Louis XV. The girl had many problems to cope with at the French court, among them her husband's lack of interest, the King's spinster daughters (almost her only companions at first) and Madame du Barry, the Kings;s favorite. Yet she soon won everyone's heart and had all Paris at her charming fee. But as time went by, not only the court but the country as whole and Marie Antoinette's mother (Maria Theresa of Auxtria, four hundred leagues away, and constantly advising her daughter by mail) were alarmed by the fantastic parties, wild extravagances, and excessive pleasures of the Dauphin's bride. Then Louis XV dies, and the courtiers coming to salute the new nineteen-year-old king found him and his queen on their knees weeping bitterly. "Oh, God", they cried, embracing each other, "protect us, we are to young to reign." Andre' Castelot, a distinguished French scholar and historian, has in this book written one of the most brilliant of recent biographics, which makes Marie Antoinette, from her arrival in France to the day she rode to her death in a cart, amazingly alive for the reader. We are carried from the intimate chambers of the young queen, through the incredible splendor and shockiing discomfort of life at Court,to the awesome sounds of the rising mob, the last desperate flights, and the ultimate imprisonment and excution. ------------------------------------------- The book has 434 pages. The condition of the book is GOOD with the fly page missing and minor discoloration on the inside cover page. The jacket is in GOOD condition with minor breaking on the corners, top and bottom of spine and some browning of the background color. It is price clipped. JMVINTAGE specializes in Books, Magazines and Treasures related to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor....and other curious people.
Binding: Hard CoverCondition: Good in Good dj
Book Id: 866
Price: $6.00
