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Kathryn Lasky
Marie Antoinette : an Austrian princess's diary 1769
190 pages
Contains sections of factual material: Life in Austria-France 1760; The Hapsburg-Bourbon family.
Summary: It's 1789, Austrian Archduchess, Maria Antonia, is preparing to leave her childhood home and travel alone to France. There she will be at the centre of the suffocating French court where etiquette and gossip reign. Where her every move will be watched and commented on. And where she must transform herself into Marie Antoinette - the future Queen of France. (Book jacket)
My royal story