louis xvi, 1774-1793

A brief biography of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, describing her life, marriage to Louis XVI, the French Revolution, and her execution.

A fictional account of the life of Marie Antoinette, discussing her childhood in Austria, her mother's political ambitions, and her marriage to an awkward teenage boy who would become the king of France.

Chronicles the life of eighteenth-century French queen Marie Antoinette, examining her reputation as the instigator of the French Revolution and attempting to present the real woman rather than historical stereotypes.

In August, 1775, while spending a month on her cousin's farm in the French countryside, Marie takes care of her younger sisters, picks vegetables, and helps her cousin find a way to earn money so she won't be sent away from home.

The biography of Marie Antoinette's only child to survive the revolution and the woman who helped shape the future of nineteenth-century Europe.

Marie Antoinette, Austrian by birth and married in girlhood, was essentially a lighthearted child who was thrust onto the French royal stage and commanded by circumstances to play a significant role in European history. The strong feelings of idealization and vilification she received from her subjects place her in the position as one of the most memorable queens in history.

Explores how Marie Antoinette's attempts to reshape the royal fashion of eighteenth-century France influenced her fate and the future of France.

Eleven-year-old Isabelle, living with her lacemaker grandmother and mother near the palace of Versailles in 1788, becomes close friends with Marie Antoinette's daughter, Princess Therese, and finds their relationship complicated not only by their different social class but by the growing political unrest and resentment of the French people.