The Royal Diaries: Marie Antoinette, Princess of Versailles, Austria-France, 1769 (The Royal Diaries)
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| Rating | : | 4.16 (715 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0439076668 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-01-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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I am just thirteenI am not yet ready to be a dauphine, let alone Queen, she writes. As his wife, she will be called Marie Antoinette, and will be the highest princess of France. She is to marry Dauphin Louis Auguste, eldest grandson of King Louis XV. Upon the death of the King, she will become Queen Marie Antoinette. But she dreads both new roles. Maria Antonia of Vienna has her whole life mapped out ahead of her
A Dauphine and eventually a Queen." So writes the headstrong 13-year-old Maria Antonia--future Queen of France--in her diary on October 23, 1769. Majestic. Thus, the future of Austria and France falls upon Maria Antonia's young shoulders. (Ages 9 to 13) --Karin Snelson. In this engrossing addition to the Royal Diaries series (Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor, Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile), Kathryn Lasky invents a diary of the young Marie Antoinette in 1769--the year she is to be married off to Dauphin Louis Auguste, eldest grandson of the French king Louis XV. Lasky has done an excellent job of creating a very human character in the young Marie Antoinette--one whom young readers will want to learn more about.
She lives with her husband in Cambridge, MA.. Kathryn Lasky is the Newbery Honor-winning author of over one hundred books for children and young adults. Kathryn has also written a number of critically acclaimed nonfiction titles, such as BEYOND THE BURNING TIME and TRUE NORTH. Her beloved Guardians of Ga'Hoole fantasy series has more than seven million copies in print, and she is the author of the Daughters of the Sea series, the Wolv
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