A new look which fundamentally overturns our understanding of this famously "out of touch" queen
pdquo;Presents [Marie-Antoinette] as much more than a symbol whose meaning is in the eye of her beholder . . . neither martyr nor voluptuary but rather a serious participant in politics.sdquo;edash;Lynn Hunt, New York Review of Books
tdquo;Splendid. . . . Masterly. . . . A wonderfully gripping biography.
