Marie Antoinette Days of Splendor, Days of Sorrow: A Novel of Marie Antoinette, Book 2, (Paperback)

from lovelylime

This is the second book in a Marie Antoinette trilogy. I haven't read the first one, but I don't think it's necessary if you're familiar with her story at all (though I'd like to go back and read it anyway). This one starts out when King Louis XV has died and her husband, Louis-Auguste has ascend...

from JaneSteen

Where I got the book: purchased from author. Signed. I was pretty enthusiastic about the first book in this series, Becoming Marie Antoinette, so I'm kind of sorry to report I didn't like this one nearly as much. Days of Splendor, Days of Sorrow covers the story of Marie Antoinette from the firs...

from trishaj

I would give this 3 1/2 stars if possible. I've read the first book in this series which was attention-grabbing and compelling. This sequel was compelling too and an interesting mix of historical fact and the author's imagination. I especially like what she did with Count Von Fersen. Still, it di...

from BookAddictDiary

I was a little worried about this one. Not only are "middle" books in a trilogy always a little tough, but it seemed like keeping the "middle" of Marie Antoinette's life could be even more difficult. I mean, you can't get to the Revolution until the third book, and the first book introduced reade...

from wagner.sarah35

The second novel in Juliet Grey's trilogy about the French queen Marie Antoinette picks up where the previous novel ended and opens with Marie Antoinette's early days as the Queen of France and ends just as the French Revolution begins in earnest. The real triumph of this novel is that it does no...