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| Marie Antoinette: Princess of Versailles, Austria-France, 1769 (The Royal Diaries) | 
 enlarge | Author: Kathryn Lasky
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  104 reviews
Sales Rank: 20226
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 238
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5.3 x 0.9
ISBN: 0439076668
EAN: 9780439076661
ASIN: 0439076668
Publication Date: April 1, 2000
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 A queenly treat September 11, 2008
This is the life of a english teenager princess, who found herself send to be marry to a french king at fifteen. Her life, straggles in the new home and the court, is well written from her view point. Excellent for when your daughter complains of how hard her life is. It teaches history in a very refreshing way.
Anna del C.
Author of "The Elf and the Princess"
and "Trouble in the Elf City"
The Elf and The Princess: The Silent Warrior Trilogy - Book One (The Silent Warrior Trilogy)
 Marie Antoinette ?? August 4, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
With a little more knowledge and understanding of the time and historical facts this book might be less a disaster.
One example: how come Marie Antoinette had to study French when this was the common language at all European Courts.
Frederick of Prussia hardly spoke any German.
Even the Russian tsar spoke it fluently.
The rest of the facts described are as implausible.
the princess of princesses March 28, 2008
This was an amazing book. Marie Antonette was a beautiful young maiden who showed her worth to King Louis. This was a great historical story. She was the great queen of England. She was, sadly, forced into an arranged marriage. She then transformed Louis into a kind man. I like this novel because it had real life situations in it and how to get out of them. I would look up to M. A. if she was alive today. She is my historical hero. She is a great role model to all special people.
 You are there! February 13, 2008
Marie Antoinette: Princess of Versaille, Austria-France, 1769 takes young readers and adults into the world of the Franch history through the eyes of a young Queen. All the cruelties and hypocricies are exposed in sharp contrast to the extreme devotion to fashion and petty perfections.
What a wonderful way to enjoy history -- and an excellent lesson in human nature, as well!
Recommended!
Another Great Royal Diaries Book. April 29, 2007
This royal diaries book starts out in Vienna, Austria January 1, 1769. The book continues while Marie Antoina (Marie Antoinette) goes from an Archduchess in Austria to a Dauphine in France. Marie Antoina becomes Marie Antoinette when she marries Louis Auguste. This book kept me entertained from the first page. When Marie Antoinette first arrives in France she is told to leave everthing Austrian behind and she feels alone. She encounters Madame du Barry, King Louis XV's mistress and ends when she makes up her mind to talk to du Barry after ignoring her for a while in the book. The Epilogue finishes up Marie Antoinette's life in a few pages and a brief description. A Historical Note explains how the world was changing and calling for revolution. A family tree that includes the Habsburg-Bourbon family tree with descriptions of Marie Antoinette's parents, husband and children. There are pictures in the last pages too of Marie Antoina, Antoina's mother, Antoina and her children, castles, and du Barry. There is also 2 and a half pages about the author.
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