num_pages: 384
description: One of history's most misunderstood figures, Marie Antoinette represents the extravagance and the decadence of pre-Revolution France. Yet there was an innocence about Antoinette, thrust as a child into the chillingly formal French court.Married to the maladroit, ill-mannered Dauphin, Antoinette found pleasure in costly entertainments and garments. She spent lavishly while her overtaxed and increasingly hostile subjects blamed her for France's plight. In time Antoinette matured into a courageous Queen, and when their enemies finally closed in, Antoinette followed her inept husband to the guillotine in one last act of bravery.In To the Scaffold , Carolly Erickson provides an estimation of a lost Queen that is psychologically acute, richly detailed, and deeply moving.
language: English
title: To the Scaffold: The Life of Marie Antoinette
titlecomplete: To the Scaffold: The Life of Marie Antoinette
characters: Marie Antoinette
genres: French Revolution, France, Historical, History, 18th Century, European History, Biography, Audiobook, Nonfiction, Womens
ratings_count: 1037
publisher: St. Martin's Griffin