Marie Antoinette - Paperback
by Stefan Zweig
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Availability:In StockContributor:Stefan Zweig, Eden Paul, Cedar PaulTheme:Chronological Period/18th Century, Cultural Region/French, Cultural Region/Western Europe, Sex & Gender/FemininePublish date:2017-05-02Pages:592
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Pushkin PressISBN-13:9781906548308ISBN-10:1906548307UPC:9781906548308Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Royalty, Europe, HistoricalBook Topic:FranceSize:7.60 x 5.00 x 1.50 inchesWeight:0.95Product ID:SCENQTWK1A
"The most influential biography of Marie Antoinette." --Guardian
"Bids fair to be the definitive life of that tragic queen." --New York Times
International Bestseller: One of the great writers of the 20th century paints a vivid portrait of one of the most famous, complex, and controversial characters in European history. Stefan Zweig based his biography of Marie Antoinette, who became the Queen of France at the age of fifteen, on the correspondence between her and her mother, and her great love the Count Axel von Fersen. Zweig 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. Zweig describes Marie Antoinette in the King's bedroom, in the enchanted and extravagant world of the Trianon, and with her children. And in his account of The Revolution, he describes her resolve during the failed escape to Varennes, her imprisonment in the Conciergerie and her final tragic destiny under the guillotine. Stefan Zweig's account has been the definitive biography of Marie Antoinette since its publication, inspiring Antonia Fraser and the recent film adaptation.
"Bids fair to be the definitive life of that tragic queen." --New York Times
International Bestseller: One of the great writers of the 20th century paints a vivid portrait of one of the most famous, complex, and controversial characters in European history. Stefan Zweig based his biography of Marie Antoinette, who became the Queen of France at the age of fifteen, on the correspondence between her and her mother, and her great love the Count Axel von Fersen. Zweig 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. Zweig describes Marie Antoinette in the King's bedroom, in the enchanted and extravagant world of the Trianon, and with her children. And in his account of The Revolution, he describes her resolve during the failed escape to Varennes, her imprisonment in the Conciergerie and her final tragic destiny under the guillotine. Stefan Zweig's account has been the definitive biography of Marie Antoinette since its publication, inspiring Antonia Fraser and the recent film adaptation.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Pushkin PressISBN-13:9781906548308ISBN-10:1906548307UPC:9781906548308Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Royalty, Europe, HistoricalBook Topic:FranceSize:7.60 x 5.00 x 1.50 inchesWeight:0.95Product ID:SCENQTWK1A
Stefan Zweig was born in 1881 in Vienna, into a wealthy Austrian-Jewish family. He studied in Berlin and Vienna and was first known as a poet and translator, then as a biographer. Between the wars, Zweig was an international bestseller with a string of hugely popular novellas including Letter from an Unknown Woman, Amok and Fear. In 1934, with the rise of Nazism, he left Austria, and lived in London, Bath and New York-a period during which he produced his most celebrated works: his only novel, Beware of Pity, and his memoir, The World of Yesterday. He eventually settled in Brazil, where in 1942 he and his wife were found dead in an apparent double suicide. Much of his work is available from Pushkin Press.
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