Farewell, My Queen : A Novel (Paperback)

from LukeS

Told from the point of view of a lady-in-waiting to Marie Antoinette, this story captures the mindset of the French gentry, insulated at the palace of Versailles, on the eve of the revolution. The lady writes bitterly decades later from her home in Vienna, of the times and events. She made it out...

from nellista

A look at the panic that whirled around Versailles when the Bastille fell. From the point of view of Marie Antoinette's deputy reader, we see many details of court life and ritual. And some of the nastier aspects too. Apparently Versailles was riddled with vermin and on a hot day was quite a stin...

from jasonlf

Farewell My Queen has some great writing, some great scenes, some great impressions, but much of it is dull and uneven. It recounts, almost hour-by-hour, Versailles on July 14th-16th 1789. The first day is a normal one as courtiers and servants do what courtiers and servants do. The second day be...

from nosajeel

Farewell My Queen has some great writing, some great scenes, some great impressions, but much of it is dull and uneven.It recounts, almost hour-by-hour, Versailles on July 14th-16th 1789. The first day is a normal one as courtiers and servants do what courtiers and servants do. The second day beg...

from cooperca05

The last week of Marie-Antionette's freedom as a Queen recounted through the eyes and memories of a woman whose function was to read books aloud to the Queen of France. The tone reminded me of 'Rebecca' - Intriguing look into the royal court during those tumultuous last days at Versailles. There ...