When I saw a specific ad on TV about a book whose price is only 2,99 euros...Hmmm, well I jumped at the chance and got myself this book just a few hours later.
Marie Antoinette, Editions Hachette Collections.
Yes, a new and highly documented biography with a pleasant profusion of illustrations. I started to read it and I absolutely enjoy the writing style.
Small price and quality= a great deal!
Some time ago, I also bought these two books: number 1 is a small biography of Countess Marie-Joséphine of Savoy, Marie-Antoinette's step-sister and Louis XVIII's wife. To be honest, I've always been interested in this particular historical figure. She was considered very ugly (except for her pretty brown eyes) and dirty. She offered a stark contrast with her sister-in-law. Nonetheless she also was a strong woman fond of her own principles (but very lonely too). She survived the French Revolution.
La Reine Velue, by Charles Dupêchez.
Mémoires sur Marie-Antoinette, by Rose Bertin.
A very interesting small book. Rose Bertin presented herself as a loyal royalist. She seemed really attached to the French queen, her most illustrious client. It's important to read about Marie-Antoinette from different (and contemporary) points of view. After reading Madame Campan's mémoirs, I had to possess this one.