Hi,

I'm trying to find bios/memoirs on this Austrian Princess. Any deals would be greatly appreciated!

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How about the "Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette"?  Obviously it's fiction, but I enjoyed it.  I think I have it at home, but haven't posted yet.

Hi Ginger,

'To The Scaffold' by Carolly Erickson is an excellent biography.

'Marie Antoinette: The Last Queen Of France' by Evelyne Lever (author), Catherine Temerson (translator) is another one.

On the fictional front I would highly recommend 'Flaunting Extravagent Queen' by Jean Plaidy if you can get it....scour the used bookshops for this one, I don't think it's been printed in a while. The copy I have is 51 years old!

I found a couple other books about her, but I've never read them so I don't know if they are good or not, but I'll list them for you anyway:

'Marie'Antoinette' by Stefan Zweig 

'A friend of Marie Antoinette' by Frederic Barbey

Good luck searching!

Pennie

The latest one I read was Queen of
Fashion, What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution.  I enjoyed it a great deal.  Also, Abundance, which is long, and had mixed reviews, but I really liked it because it set up the background so vividly.  She's a fascinating character!  Enjoy reading about her.  Maija

Ginger, come and visit in the Historical Fiction forums. You'll find lots of good conversation about MA.

Flaunting, Extravagent Queen was good but I enjoyed The Queen's Confession more. Jean Plaidy/Victoria Holt wrote both.

I've read all the books Pennie mentioned except the one by Barbey. To The Scaffold was excellent.

Marie Antoinette by Antonia Fraser

Antonia Fraser's Marie Antoinette was great.  She also wrote one called Love & Louis XIV that was great.  Fraser excels at making history fascinating and entertaining as well as informative.

I second (or third!) the Antonia Fraser recommendations. She's a great historian - she writes clearly and keeps you interested, you don't get bogged down in details. What she is is a great story-teller, and MA's was a great story!