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Rent The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette
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Format: Paperback, Abridged-CD
Publisher: St Martins Pr
Published: Aug 2006
Genre: Fiction - Historical - General
Retail Price: $21.99
Pages: 352
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 as the glamorous mistress of Versailles, love affair with a handsome Swedish diplomat, flight from France, and imprisonment during the French Revolution. Reprint. 75,000 first printing.
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