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Farewell, My Queen by Thomas, Chantal
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- Paperback
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- Product Group
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- ISBN
- 0743260783
- Book Title
- Farewell, My Queen : a Novel
- Item Length
- 8 in
- Publisher
- Touchstone
- Publication Year
- 2004
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8 in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Literary, Thrillers / Historical, Historical
- Item Width
- 5 in
- Item Weight
- 8.3 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 256 Pages
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It was once the job of Madame Agathe-Sidonie Laborde to read books aloud to Marie-Antoinette. Now exiled in Vienna, she looks back twenty-one years to the legendary opulence of Versailles and meticulously reconstructs July 14, 15, and 16 of 1789. When Agathe-Sidonie is summoned to the Queen's side on the morning of the 14th, Versailles is a miniature universe, sparkling with every outward appearance of happiness and power, peopled with nobles of minutely calibrated rank, and run according to a hundred-year-old ritual called the Perfect Day. But with the shocking news that someone has woken the King in the night, order begins to disintegrate and word of the fall of the Bastille seeps into court. Soon Versailles's beauty is nothing more than a shell encasing rising panic and chaos. Agathe-Sidonie watches as the Queen's attempts to flee are aborted; her most intimate friend betrays her; and the King, appearing to sleepwalk through this crisis, never alters his routine of visiting the Apollo Salon several times a day to consult a giant crystal thermometer. From the tiniest garret to the Hall of Mirrors, where Marie-Antoinette stands alone and terrified in the dark, Chantal Thomas shows us a world on the edge of oblivion and an intimate portrait of the woman who, like "fire in motion," was its center.
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Publisher
Touchstone
ISBN-10
0743260783
ISBN-13
9780743260787
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30265998
Product Key Features
Book Title
Farewell, My Queen : a Novel
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Literary, Thrillers / Historical, Historical
Publication Year
2004
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8 in
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Width
5 in
Item Weight
8.3 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
Alan Riding The New York Times Book Review Delightful...vivid and elegant...[a] rich tableau vivant...in these pages the ill-fated queen is allowed to be human., Zofia Smardz The Washington Post Book World Elegant, powerful...no ordinary historical novel...a bravura glimpse into a dreamlike life that seemed to have nowhere to go but into oblivion., "Compelling . . . Thomas's formidable skills as a researcher gives the book authenticity, and her keen eye for human behavior makes it sing." -- Booklist (starred review), Susan Lynne Harkins Orlando Sentinel Illuminating...intimate....The charm of its language, Thomas's thorough research, and her compassion for her subject not only imbue the novel with remarkable authenticity but also render it a memorable billet-doux to a bygone France., "Delightful … Vivid and elegant … [A] rich tableau vivant … In these pages the ill-fated queen is allowed to be human." The New York Times Book Review, "Illuminating … Intimate … The charm of its language, Thomas' thorough research, and her compassion for her subject not only imbue the novel with remarkable authenticity but also render it a memorable billet-doux to a bygone France." Orlando Sentinel, "Elegant, powerful ... No ordinary historical novel. It's a bravura glimpse into a time past and a dreamlike life that seemed to have nowhere to go but into oblivion." - The Washington Post Book World, "Graceful, exquisitely detailed . . . the delights of this rendition lie in the details. . . . Like the tiny enamel painting of Marie Antoinette's bright blue eye that inspires Laborde's reminiscences, this is a cunning, gem-like miniature." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review), Zofia SmardzThe Washington Post Book WorldElegant, powerful...no ordinary historical novel...a bravura glimpse into a dreamlike life that seemed to have nowhere to go but into oblivion., Alan RidingThe New York Times Book ReviewDelightful...vivid and elegant...[a] rich tableau vivant...in these pages the ill-fated queen is allowed to be human., Susan Lynne HarkinsOrlando SentinelIlluminating...intimate....The charm of its language, Thomas's thorough research, and her compassion for her subject not only imbue the novel with remarkable authenticity but also render it a memorable billet-doux to a bygone France.
Table of Content
Contents Prologue: Vienna, February 12, 1810 Versailles, July 14, 1789 July 15, 1789 July 16, 1789 Vienna, January 1811
Copyright Date
2004
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