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Mistresses and wives, mothers and daughters - Antonia Fraser brilliantly explores the relationships which existed between The Sun King and the women in his life. This includes not only Louis XIV's mistresses, principally Louise de La Vallière, Athénaïs de Montespan, and the puritanical Madame de Maintenon...

Marie Antoinette written by Antonia Fraser performed by Lindsay Duncan on CD (Abridged)

Marie Antoinette written by Antonia Fraser performed by Lindsay Duncan on CD (Abridged)
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ISBN:  9780752857664
Genre - Main:  Non-Fiction
Genre - Specific:  History
Duration:  390 mins
Length:  Abridged
Author:  Antonia Fraser
Performer 1:  Lindsay Duncan

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Marie Antoinette's dramatic life-story continues to arouse mixed emotions. To many people, she is still "la reine m chante", whose extravagance and frivolity helped to bring down the French monarchy; her indifference to popular suffering epitomised by the (apocryphal) words: "let them eat cake". Others are equally passionate in her defence: to them, she is a victim of misogyny.

Antonia Fraser examines her influence over the king, Louis XVI, the accusations and sexual slurs made against her, her patronage of the arts which enhanced French cultural life, her imprisonment, the death threats made against her, rumours of lesbian affairs, her trial (during which her young son was forced to testify to sexual abuse by his mother) and her eventual execution by guillotine in 1793.

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