Abundance: A Novel of Marie Antoinette

from Lisa.Johnson.James

Just finished this book last night. The ending stuck with me for a while last night, because we all know how her story ends.....the book begins with a young Marie at 14, as she tells her own story, of the fear & wonder & pride of being sent to France to marry the Dauphin who would become the King...

from cataylor

Mon Dieu! About two-thirds of the way through this book and I was ready to cut her head off myself! I get the impression that the author was sympathetic to Marie Antoinette, but she sure comes across as one self-absorbed, spoiled, immature brat in its pages. Certainly by the last 100 pages I felt...

from msf59

This is a strong historical novel, impeccably researched and told completely in the first person, which is a bit risky,considering that the subject in question is Marie Antoniette and it covers her last 24 years. Overall, I feel it works and would recommend it.

from chrissie3

With this book I got into the head of Marie Antoinette. The author did all the research and based on the known facts delivered what she thought was going on in Marie Antoinette's head. She convinced me. At the end of the book is a list of source material, "A Brief Timeline of Events" and an inter...

from TracyK1

This is a great book! It lends a different perspective of Marie Antoinnette. It was simpathetic to her but it also revieled how boring court life could be and that the frivolities were mostly all they had to ammuse themselves with. It was an interesting historical fiction novel because it was wri...