TY - BOOK AU - Tschudi,Clara AU - Mannstén,Emil TI - Marie Antoinette AV - DC PY - 2021/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793 KW - Queens -- France -- Biography KW - France -- History -- Louis XVI, 1774-1793 N1 - Release date is 2021-04-27; Tuula Temonen and Tapio Riikonen; Original publication data not identified N2 - "Marie Antoinette" by Clara Tschudi is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book chronicles the life of Marie Antoinette, from her early years in Austria to her rise as the Queen of France, providing insights into her upbringing, personality, and the political backdrop of her time. At the start of the narrative, we learn about the tumultuous beginnings of Marie Antoinette’s life, marked by a significant earthquake and her birth into the Habsburg family. The opening details her upbringing under the watchful yet often distant approach of her mother, Maria Theresa, emphasizing her educational shortcomings and the contrasts between her sheltered life and the impending challenges she would face in the French court. As her journey unfolds, we see the political machinations surrounding her marriage into the French royal family as a strategic union aimed at strengthening ties between Austria and France, setting the stage for the complex relationships and struggles that will define her life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/65175 ER -