Antonia Fraser
Maria Antonietta. La solitudine di una regina
Le scie. Mondadori.
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This book will be loved by who, like me, loves the stories of kings and queens. From time immemorial, Marie Antoniette is a character that leaves a strong impression. We imagine her as a conceited woman and just interested to luxury and nothing much else. This book, instead, gives us the figure of a young woman left alone in a world, the French court, too big and too full of obstacles for the young "Autrichienne", difficult to understand and deal with it in the best way. My opinion changed after this book, her unhappy marriage with a cowardly little man, in search of a more solid bond in the court, her will of a easier and less complicated life. She wasn't a saint, of course, but not even that ruthless woman as she is usually portrayed.
