Marie-Antoinette has been treated harshly by history. The main things people have remembered is that she was spoiled, spent a lot of money, said “let them eat cake” and was guillotine. Some are just not true and she was so much more than this.

About MARIE-ANTOINETTE

For a summary of her life, you can read my blog about her: Marie-Antoinette, but I can also recommend you a couple of books.

Marie Antoinette
by Stefan Zweig (paperback)
also available in Kindle version

Stefan Zweig based his biography of Marie Antoinette, who became the Queen of France at the age of fifteen, on the correspondence between her and her mother, and her great love the Count Axel von Fersen.

Marie Antoinette: The Journey
by Antonia Fraser (paperback)

Her lavish and engaging portrait of Marie Antoinette, one of the most recognizable women in European history, excites compassion and regard for all aspects of her subject, immersing the reader not only in the coming-of-age of a graceful woman, buaimedt also in the unraveling of an era.

BOOK FROM HER CHILDREN

Marie-Therese, Child of Terror: The Fate of Marie Antoinette’s Daughter
by Susan Nagel

The first major biography of one of France’s most mysterious women―Marie Antoinette’s only child to survive the revolution.

Louis XVII, la vérité: sa mort au Temple confirmée par la science
by Philipe Delorme (in FRENCH)

DNA has finally proven that Marie Antoinette’s son Louis XVII did not survive the revolution. The story behind it…

BOOK FROM HER LADY IN WAITING

The following book are the memoirs of her first lady in waiting: Madam Campan. She actually met Marie Antoinette!

Memoirs of the Court of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, Volume 1 : Being the Historic Memoirs of Madam Campan, First Lady in Waiting to the Queen
by Mme Campan (hardcover)

Jeanne-Louise-Henriette Campan was a French educator who worked under Marie Antoinette and ended up writing memoirs about the notorious queen who was beheaded during the French Revolution.

MORE About RELATIONSHIP WITH COUNT FERSEN

Marie-Antoinette and Count Fersen: The Untold Love Story
by Evelynn Farr

A new edition draws on fresh evidence from archive sources—including decoded secret correspondence—to peel back the layers of misinformation obscuring the Queen’s great love affair and to reveal its impact on the destiny of the French Royal Family

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