Marie Antoinette by Kathryn Lasky5/13/2023 Through the pages of her diary, Marie captures the isolation, the lavish parties and gowns, her struggle to find her place, and the years leading up her ascendance of the throne. Marie Antoinette doesnt know her fate, but she knows her destiny is to one day be the Queen of France. But as she lives a luxurious life inside the palace gates, out on the streets the people of France face hunger and poverty. Paperback £8.44 12 Used from £0.25 1 New from £8.44 Young Marie Antoinette has a recurring nightmare, in which the broken head of her porcelain doll is her own. The future of Austria and France falls upon her shoulders. Opinionated and headstrong Marie Antoinette must find a way to fit in at the royal court, and get along with her fiancé. Things become more difficult for her when she is separated from her family and sent to the court of Versailles to meet her future husband. To prepare the princess for becoming queen, she must be trained to write, read, speak French, dress, act. I have become what Mama set out for me to be. To forge an incredibly powerful political alliance, thirteen-year-old Marie Antoinette of Austria is betrothed to Dauphin Louis Auguste, who will one day be the king of France. Marie Antoinette: Princess of Versailles, Austria - France, 1769 Kathryn Lasky 3.90 9,207 ratings423 reviews 'I look up now into the oval mirror and see barely a trace of the mud-splattered girl tearing through the woodland on her horse, or the barefoot girl wading at Schonbrunn. Newbery Honor author Kathryn Lasky's MARIE ANTOINETTE is back in print with a gorgeous new package!
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