The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette (Robert Amiss Mysteries)

From AudioFile In this fictional biography of Marie Antoinette, written as a diary, we learn of the life and loves of the last queen of France. Erickson, who has also written nonfiction about Marie Antoinette, depicts the turbulent time of the French Revolution through the eyes of privilege. Carrington MacDuffie reads the diary entries with energy and enthusiasm. MacDuffie gives an unaccented voice to Marie Antoinette, Louis XVI, and most of the other French characters and discernible accents to the rest. From Antoinette's loveless marriage at age 14 to her love affair with Swedish Axel Ferson and her captivity during the Revolution, Erickson shows that Marie Antoinette was a real woman, no matter how infamous. M.B.K. © AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine Product Description Imagine that, on the night before she is to die under the guillotine, Marie Antoinette leaves behind in her prison cell a diary telling the story of her life--from her privileged childhood as Austrian Archduchess to the heartbreak of imprisonment and humiliation during the French Revolution. Carolly Erickson takes us deep into the psyche of France's doomed queen: her love affair with a handsome Swedish diplomat; her harrowing flight from France; her recapture and the grim months in captivity; her agony when her beloved husband was guillotined and her beloved son was torn from her arms.