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selon les mots de
Marie-Antoinette — qu‘ils
mangent de la brioche. 🍰

in the words of
Marie Antoinette —
let them eat cake. 🍰

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #frenchhaiku #MarieAntoinette

This one won't be a winner for everyone. It's very dense with the political aspect as well as the dynastic elements at play. Since I LOVE history I found this to a very interesting read...however it does not read as a “page-turner“ and many may be put off by that. #bookspin @thearomaofbooks

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 I‘ve had this book for years and finally read it. I did a mix of reading via paperback and audio. I feel a lot of the politics went over my head, but that‘s probably my fault as that‘s the least interesting to me! She was a fascinating woman. I‘ve also always loved the movie by Sophia Coppola. ❤️

I‘m not even halfway thru this book and it has been slow- I don‘t feel excited to pick it up.. I will continue to try

Frances iconic Queen wrongly accused of uttering the infamous “let them eat cake” was alternately revered & reviled during her lifetime....

My first podcast for #nfn2020. The tagged book is referenced in the podcast, and I have it sitting on my shelf with plans to read this month.Knowing little about her, I could pick anything for #TIL but I found her name interesting. So she and all her sisters were named Maria and therefore known by their second names, in her case Antonia, then later used the French diminuative, which was Antoine. Continued in comments

I tried getting into Hunger's Brides, but I'm hitting a fiction slump. Decided to add another biography instead. I've always been intrigued by Marie Antoinette, Louis XVI, and the Reign of Terror, so I'm excited about this biography!

Excellent Writing!!! I cannot imagine the amount of research that went into writing this fantastic story. Please check it out; you will not be disappointed

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My reading corner in the living room 💙

It‘s the little things - when your sheets match your book 💙Glad to finally get back to this one! Read it and Weep was a library book that I had been stuck on for over a month and was determined to finish. Still loving this book, even if I am only able to read in small bits

I‘m really loving this book so far! 💙

#jazzyjunes @Eggs I immediately thought of the #gardens of Versailles and Marie Antoinette for this prompt.

You can get #lostinfrance in these two books 😁 I‘ve read the tagged one and really enjoyed it. Brought the other one after visiting Versailles but haven‘t read yet.
#wanderingjune

I desperately want this #hotelmonaco

#bonjourmadame #septemberdanes
Lovely looking books, read the tagged one, yet to read the other one which I brought after visiting Versailles last year!

I enjoy Antonia Fraser's books and this was no exception. Interesting to learn the little parts of her life away from all the royal drama

This took me forever to finally finish, but it‘s a good sympathetic portrait of the tragic queen.

Versailles. Not literary exactly other than being a setting for a lot of historical fiction. 💖🇫🇷

Urg

#history

Look what came in from the library!

#givemeallthehistory

I have the kindle version of this, but I've been hunting for a gently used hardcover for ages. Today was the day I finally found one! Showed here with my housemate's fluffy kitty. #bookfind #marieantoinette #miyacatsprite #catsoflitsy #kittenlitten

#jewels #splashintosummer
@Tiffy_Reads
Jewels on display ☺ may be thinking of Paris here!!

A decadent woman who has long interested me. I end up torn in my feelings about her- libertine, product of her time, misrepresented, alienated woman... Marie was a complex woman who knew how to dress for a party.
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"...What would I not do to be the only victim?"

😍😍😍 I am so fascinated with European Royals of the past. #letthemeatcake #sheneveractuallysaidthat

I finally found this book. I've been searching for it for what seems like forever. Its Marie Antoinette The Journey by Antoina Fraser. #bookworm #booklover #antoniafraser #marieantoinette

All those French names gave my 4 semesters of college French a run for its money. Still, it was fascinating to better understand how the most infamous queen finally lost her head.

The Queen is now en-route to Paris... She is lost from Versailles.

The bookmark is my GO-TO. It is my favorite. I use it when I'm serious.

And reading of a revolution is serious business.

Too bad this line doesn't apply to our lost monarch.