The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette by Carolly Erickson Paperback Book

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Rent The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette

Author: Carolly Erickson

Narrator: Maggi-Meg Reed

Format: Abridged-CD, Paperback

Publisher: St Martins Pr

Published: Sep 2005

Genre: Fiction - Literary

Retail Price: $24.95

Discs: 4

Synopsis

Awaiting her execution, Marie Antoinette writes the story of her life from her prison cell, in a diary that describes her privileged childhood as an Austrian archduchess, years a the glamorous mistress of Versailles, love affair with a handsome Swedish diplomat, flight from France, and imprisonment during the French Revolution. Simultaneous.

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