Confessions of Marie Antoinette by Juliet Grey
Published by Ballentine Books, an imprint of Random House
In this, the last book of the Marie Antoinette trilogy (see my reviews of Becoming Marie Antoinette and Days of Splendor, Days of Sorrow), Juliet Grey covers the well-worn territory of the last days of the French monarchy, beginning with the march on Versailles and the family’s imprisonment in the Tuileries.
Despite the fact that Marie Antoinette’s life has been written about so often, Grey’s series continues to be immensely compelling - partly because she is taking the time of three books to tell the queen’s story and thus can delve deeply into her life.
If you have a decent background on pre-Revolutionary France, you could pick up any one of these books separately for a more in-depth look at a given period of Marie Antoinette’s life, but taken together they provide a great deal of insight not only into the queen herself, but also into France and the genesis of the Revolution.
Very highly recommended, but take the time and read the whole series, they are all worth it.
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This is one prominent area of historical fiction that I’ve yet to try. Maybe I should start with this series. If it’s worthy of this praise after you’ve read so much else, how could I not give it a try.
You are always reading something fascinating!