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Marie-Antoinette : the making of a French queen / John Hardman

Author
Hardman, John, 1944-
Published
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019]
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1 online resource (xx, 363 pages) : illustrations
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Contents
Cover page; Halftitle page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS; PREFACE; ONE FROM ARCHDUCHESS TO DAUPHINE; THE FALL OF CHOISEUL; TWO THE COURT UNDER LOUIS XVI AND MARIE-ANTOINETTE; THE COURT; MADAME DE POLIGNAC; THE COMTE DE VAUDREUIL; AXEL VON FERSEN; THREE A QUEEN IN SEARCH OF A ROLE 1774-1781; MAUREPAS AND MARIE-ANTOINETTE; MARIE-ANTOINETTE'S EARLY POLITICAL INTERVENTIONS; MOTHERHOOD AND ITS REPERCUSSIONS; THE AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE, NECKER AND MARIE-ANTOINETTE; FOUR GROWING UNPOPULARITY 1781-1785; VAUDREUIL AND MARIE-ANTOINETTE, THE SAINT-CLOUD PURCHASETHE DUTCH AFFAIR; MARIE-ANTOINETTE AND HER CHILDREN; FIVE THE DIAMOND NECKLACE AFFAIR 1785-1786; SIX THE ASCENDANCY OF MARIE-ANTOINETTE 1787-1788; THE REVOLT OF THE PARLEMENT; SEVEN THE LAST YEAR AT VERSAILLES; THE QUEEN'S UNPOPULARITY DEEPENS; NECKER; EIGHT APPEASEMENT AND PLANS FOR RESISTANCE; THE NEW SITUATION: THE LOCATION OF POWER IN 1790; APPEASEMENT AND RESISTANCE; MIRABEAU; THE ESCAPE PLANS; THE OBJECTIVES; THE KING AND QUEEN DECIDE TO ESCAPE; INTRODUCING BARNAVE; NINE THE FLIGHT TO VARENNES; THE REACTION IN PARIS, and MARIE-ANTOINETTE AND BARNAVE: THE START OF A POLITICAL AFFAIRREVISION AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE CONSTITUTION; TEN 'MARIE-ANTOINETTE WILL BECOME QUEEN OF FRANCE AGAIN'; WAR; ELEVEN THE FALL OF THE MONARCHY; TWELVE IMPRISONMENT IN A TOWER; THE QUEEN'S TRIAL; CONCLUSION; EPILOGUE: UBI SUNT?; NOTES; A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
Summary
A new look which fundamentally overturns our understanding of this famously "out of touch" queen Who was the real Marie-Antoinette? She was mistrusted and reviled in her own time, and today she is portrayed as a lightweight incapable of understanding the events that engulfed her. In this new account, John Hardman redresses the balance and sheds fresh light on Marie-Antoinette's story. Hardman shows how Marie-Antoinette played a significant but misunderstood role in the crisis of the monarchy. Drawing on new sources, he describes how, from the outset, Marie-Antoinette refused to prioritize the aggressive foreign policy of her mother, Maria-Theresa, bravely took over the helm from Louis XVI after the collapse of his morale, and, when revolution broke out, listened to the Third Estate and worked closely with repentant radicals to give the constitutional monarchy a fighting chance. For the first time, Hardman demonstrates exactly what influence Marie-Antoinette had and when and how she exerted it
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ISBN
9780300249033 (electronic book)
0300249039 (electronic book)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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