Antonia Fraser

The Journey

Marie Antoinette

Laura Mauler

I loved this book, even though it is absolutely tragic. The author does an excellent job at the end of depicting the misogyny of the times by contrasting the authorities' treatment of Marie Antionette and King Louis XVI - or is it just lingering scraps of respect for a king being demonstrated, when no such scraps existed for this "enemy alien" queen?

Jeni Enjaian

This was a magnificent biography. I will definitely be adding more Antonia Fraser works to my to-read list.

First, this was an excellent audiobook. The British narrator sounded a bit like Julie Andrews (always a plus) and pronounced the French words perfectly. (I don't speak French but it sounded good to me.)

Second, Fraser's prose flowed brilliantly. The perfect narrator could only do so much with poorly written text. This narrator had pretty good stuff to work with. 

Third, Fraser balanced the narrative of Marie Antoinette's life with national and international events that ultimately ended with her death. So many biographies I've read either neglect the wider picture or spend way too much time describing outside events and fail to adequately connect it to the biographee's life.

For these reasons, I rate this biography one of the best I've ever read. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

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