The Wicked Queen: The Origins of the Myth of Marie-Antoinette
by Thomas, Chantal
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- Hardcover
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- VG+ (As new)
- ISBN 10
- 0942299396
- ISBN 13
- 9780942299397
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About This Item
New York, NY: Zone Books, 1999. Hardcover. VG+ (As new). Black cloth with gold lettering on spine; Color illus. dj.; 255 pp.; 10 bw figures. A history of the demonization of Marie Antoinette; Includes a series of pamphlets, seven of which are translated here for the first time, depicting the queen as extravagent spender, lesbian, incestuous, and bloodthirsty, among other things; The author shows how the marginalization and negation of women in French society came to be represented by Marie Antoinette herself.
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- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 111351
- Title
- The Wicked Queen: The Origins of the Myth of Marie-Antoinette
- Author
- Thomas, Chantal
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0942299396
- ISBN 13
- 9780942299397
- Publisher
- Zone Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- Biography / Autobiography ; Antoinette, Mary / French History ; ;
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