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Download or read book Marie Antoinette written by Stefan Zweig and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life at the court of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette has long captivated readers, drawn by accounts of the intrigues and pageantry that came to such a sudden and unexpected end. Stefan Zweig's Marie Antoinette: The Portrait of an Average Woman is a dramatic account of the guillotine's most famous victim, from the time when as a fourteen-year-old she took Versailles by storm, to her frustrations with her aloof husband, her passionate love affair with the Swedish Count von Fersen, and ultimately to the chaos of the French Revolution and the savagery of the Terror. An impassioned narrative, Zweig's biography focuses on the human emotions of the participants and victims of the French Revolution, making it both an engrossingly compelling read and a sweeping and informative history. "Certainly no one can arise unmoved from the reading of this powerful work." -- The New Republic "Excellent biography." -- The New York Times
Download or read book Marie Antoinette written by Stefan Zweig and published by . This book was released on 2012-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life at the court of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette has long captivated readers, drawn by accounts of the intrigues and pageantry that came to such a sudden and unexpected end. Stefan Zweig's "Marie Antoinette: The Portrait of an Average Woman" is a dramatic account of the guillotine's most famous victim, from the time when as a fourteen-year-old she took Versailles by storm, to her frustrations with her aloof husband, her passionate love affair with the Swedish Count von Fersen, and ultimately to the chaos of the French Revolution and the savagery of the Terror. An impassioned narrative, Zweig's biography focuses on the human emotions of the participants and victims of the French Revolution, making it both an engrossingly compelling read and a sweeping and informative history. "Certainly no one can arise unmoved from the reading of this powerful work." -- "The New Republic" "Excellent biography." -- "The New York Times"
Download or read book Marie Antoinette written by Stefan Zweig and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Marie Antoinette written by Stefan Zweig and published by Pushkin Press. This book was released on 2017-05-02 with total page 591 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The most influential biography of Marie Antoinette.” —Guardian “Bids fair to be the definitive life of that tragic queen.” —New York Times International Bestseller: One of the great writers of the 20th century paints a vivid portrait of one of the most famous, complex, and controversial characters in European history. Stefan Zweig based his biography of Marie Antoinette, who became the Queen of France at the age of fifteen, on the correspondence between her and her mother, and her great love the Count Axel von Fersen. Zweig analyzes the chemistry of a woman’s soul from her intimate pleasures to her public suffering as a Queen under the weight of misfortune and history. Zweig describes Marie Antoinette in the King’s bedroom, in the enchanted and extravagant world of the Trianon, and with her children. And in his account of The Revolution, he describes her resolve during the failed escape to Varennes, her imprisonment in the Conciergerie and her final tragic destiny under the guillotine. Stefan Zweig’s account has been the definitive biography of Marie Antoinette since its publication, inspiring Antonia Fraser and the recent film adaptation.
Book Synopsis MARIE ANTOINETTE - Stefan Zweig by : Zweig Stefan
Download or read book MARIE ANTOINETTE - Stefan Zweig written by Zweig Stefan and published by Lebooks Editora. This book was released on 2024-01-24 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stefan Zweig was born on November 28, 1881, in Vienna, and is one of the most important European authors of the first half of the 20th century. A Jew, he was persecuted by the Nazis and forced into exile. His final home was in Brazil, where he met a tragic end. A versatile writer, Zweig dedicated himself to almost all literary activities and, in addition to novellas, also became famous as a historian and biographer. His biography of Maria Antonieta was an absolute success. By the end of 1932, just a few months after its release, the rights had already been sold for 14 editions in different languages. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer paid a sum for the copyrights that would allow him to take two years off work, and thus the work also became an authentic success at the box office.
Download or read book Marie Antoinette written by Stefan Zweig and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2017-06-06 with total page 794 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stefan Zweig schreibt zu seinem Roman: Die Geschichte der Königin Marie Antoinette schreiben, heißt einen mehr als hundertjährigen Prozess aufnehmen, in dem Ankläger und Verteidiger auf das Heftigste gegeneinander sprechen. Den leidenschaftlichen Ton der Diskussion verschuldeten die Ankläger. Um das Königtum zu treffen, musste die Revolution die Königin angreifen, und in der Königin die Frau. Nun wohnen Wahrhaftigkeit und Politik selten unter einem Dach, und wo zu demagogischem Zweck eine Gestalt gezeichnet werden soll, ist von den gefälligen Handlangern der öffentlichen Meinung wenig Gerechtigkeit zu erwarten. Kein Mittel, keine Verleumdung gegen Marie Antoinette wurde gespart, um sie auf die Guillotine zu bringen, jedes Laster, jede moralische Verworfenheit, jede Art der Perversität in Zeitungen, Broschüren und Büchern der "louve autrichienne" unbedenklich zugeschrieben; selbst im eigenen Haus der Gerechtigkeit, im Gerichtssaal, verglich der öffentliche Ankläger die "Witwe Capet" pathetisch mit den berühmtesten Lasterfrauen der Geschichte, mit Messalina, Agrippina und Fredegundis. Um so entschiedener erfolgte dann der Umschwung, als 1815 abermals ein Bourbone den französischen Thron bestieg; um der Dynastie zu schmeicheln, wird das dämonisierte Bild mit den öligsten Farben übermalt: keine Darstellung Marie Antoinettes aus dieser Zeit ohne Weihrauchwolke und Heiligenschein. Preislied folgt auf Preislied, Marie Antoinettes unberührbare Tugend wird ingrimmig verteidigt, ihr Opfermut, ihre Güte, ihr makelloses Heldentum in Vers und Prosa gefeiert; und reichlich mit Tränen genetzte Anekdotenschleier, meist von aristokratischen Händen geklöppelt, umhüllen das verklärte Antlitz der "reine martyre", der Märtyrerkönigin. Die seelische Wahrheit liegt hier wie meist in der Nähe der Mitte. Marie Antoinette war weder die große Heilige des Royalismus noch die Dirne, die "grue" der Revolution, sondern ein mittlerer Charakter, eine eigentlich gewöhnliche Frau, nicht sonderlich klug, nicht sonderlich töricht, nicht Feuer und nicht Eis, ohne besondere Kraft zum Guten und ohne den geringsten Willen zum Bösen, die Durchschnittsfrau von gestern, heute und morgen, ohne Neigung zum Dämonischen, ohne Willen zum Heroischen und scheinbar darum kaum Gegenstand einer Tragödie ...
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Download or read book Marie Antoinette: The Portrait of an Average Woman written by Stefan Zweig and published by Plunkett Lake Press. This book was released on 2019-08-09 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1932 and for decades since one of Stefan Zweig’s most popular biographies, this “portrait of an average woman,” betrothed at fourteen, crowned queen at nineteen, and beheaded at thirty-seven, aimed “not to deify, but to humanize.” Supplementing library and archival research with psychological insight,Marie Antoinette: The Portrait of an Average Woman is a vivid narrative of France’s most famous queen, her relations with her mother Empress Maria Theresa, her husband Louis XVI, and her lover Swedish Count von Fersen, set against the backdrop of the French and Austrian courts of the ancien régime, the French Revolution and the Terror. “... the biography to end all biographies on Marie Antoinette ... [Zweig's book] possesses all the qualities of the excellent biography — directness, frankness, full exposition, picturesqueness, characterization, color and delectable readableness.” —The New York Times “Powerful, magnificent, poignant…” — The New Republic “A stupendous and superb piece of work.” — Chicago Daily Tribune
Download or read book Marie Antoinette written by Stefan Zweig and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-05 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A report on the life of Marie Antoinette in the late 1700's
Download or read book Marie Antionette written by Stefan Zweig and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Marie Antoinette by : Antonia Fraser
Download or read book Marie Antoinette written by Antonia Fraser and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2002-11-12 with total page 541 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: France's iconic queen, Marie Antoinette, wrongly accused of uttering the infamous "Let them eat cake," was alternately revered and reviled during her lifetime. For centuries since, she has been the object of debate, speculation, and the fascination so often accorded illustrious figures in history. Married in mere girlhood, this essentially lighthearted child was thrust onto the royal stage and commanded by circumstance to play a significant role in European history. Antonia Fraser's lavish and engaging portrait excites compassion and regard for all aspects of the queen, immersing the reader not only in the coming-of-age of a graceful woman, but in the culture of an unparalleled time and place.
Download or read book Marie Antoinette written by Stefan Zweig and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Marie Antoinette written by Stefan Zweig and published by Grasset & Fasquelle. This book was released on 1983 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Marie-Antoinette written by Stefan Zweig and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Marie Antoinette (Format 23x15 CM) by : Stefan Zweig
Download or read book Marie Antoinette (Format 23x15 CM) written by Stefan Zweig and published by . This book was released on 2016-09-17 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ecrire l'histoire de Marie-Antoinette, c'est reprendre un proces plus que seculaire, ou accusateurs et defenseurs se contredisent avec violence. Le ton passionne de la discussion vient des accusateurs. Pour atteindre la royaute, la Revolution devait attaquer la reine, et dans la reine la femme. Or, la verite et la politique habitent rarement sous le meme toit, et la ou l'on veut dessiner une figure avec l'intention de plaire a la multitude, il y a peu de justice a attendre des serviteurs complaisants de l'opinion publique. On n'epargna a Marie-Antoinette aucune calomnie, on usa de tous les moyens pour la conduire a la guillotine; journaux, brochures, livres attribuerent sans hesitation a la louve autrichienne tous les vices, toutes les depravations morales, toutes les perversites; dans l'asile meme de la justice, au tribunal, le procureur general compara pathetiquement la veuve Capet aux debauchees les plus celebres de l'Histoire, a Messaline, Agrippine et Fredegonde. Le revirement fut d'autant plus profond, lorsque, en 1815, un Bourbon monta de nouveau sur le trone; pour flatter la dynastie, on repeint l'image diabolique sous les couleurs les plus flatteuses; pas de portrait de Marie-Antoinette datant de cette epoque ou elle ne soit idealisee et aureolee. Les panegyriques se succedent; la vertu insoupconnable de Marie-Antoinette est farouchement defendue, on celebre en vers et en prose son esprit de sacrifice, sa grandeur d'ame, son pur heroisme; et des anecdotes, abondamment trempees de larmes, tissees la plupart du temps par le monde aristocratique, encadrent le visage transfigure de la reine martyre Avec cet ouvrage, Stefan Zweig signe une biographie remarquable et depeint avec brio cette epoque trouble de l'Histoire de France. Un livre incontournable pour qui s'interesse de pres ou de loin a Marie Antoinette ou a la revolution francaise. Livre egalement disponible au format 20x13 cm ( http: //north-stared.wixsite.com/editions/histoire ) ainsi qu'en langue allemande dans la collection North Star Ed. et sous les memes deux formats broches. **************************************************************************** D'autres ouvrages a decouvrir dans la collection North Star Ed. (Lettres Classiques, SF Anticipation, Fantastique) cliquez sur le lien: "North Star Ed" sous le titre du livre. -- Consultez egalement la section "Livres anglais et etrangers" -- Ou consultez notre site: http: //north-stared.wix.com/editions ****************************************************************************
Book Synopsis Reader's Guide to Women's Studies by : Eleanor Amico
Download or read book Reader's Guide to Women's Studies written by Eleanor Amico and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1998-03-20 with total page 762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Reader's Guide to Women's Studies is a searching and analytical description of the most prominent and influential works written in the now universal field of women's studies. Some 200 scholars have contributed to the project which adopts a multi-layered approach allowing for comprehensive treatment of its subject matter. Entries range from very broad themes such as "Health: General Works" to entries on specific individuals or more focused topics such as "Doctors."
Download or read book Marie Antoinette written by Dena Goodman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-23 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marie-Antoinette is one of the most fascinating and controversial figures in all of French history. This volume explores the many struggles by various individuals and groups to put right Marie's identity, and it simultaneously links these struggles to larger destabilizations in social, political and gender systems in France. Looking at how Marie was represented in politics, art, literature and journalism, the contributors to this volume reveal how crucial political and cultural contexts were enacted "on the body of the queen" and on the complex identity of Marie. Taken together, these essays suggest that it is precisely because she came to represent the contradictions in the social, political and gender systems of her era, that Marie remains such an important historical figure.
Book Synopsis Marie Antoinette at Petit Trianon by : Denise Maior-Barron
Download or read book Marie Antoinette at Petit Trianon written by Denise Maior-Barron and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-07-11 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marie Antoinette at Petit Trianon challenges common perceptions of the last Queen of France, appraising the role she played in relation to the events of French Revolution through an original analysis of contemporary heritage practices and visitor perceptions at her former home, the Petit Trianon. Controversy and martyrdom have placed Marie Antoinette’s image within a spectrum of cultural caricatures that range from taboo to iconic. With a foundation in critical heritage studies, this book examines the diverse range of contemporary images portraying Marie Antoinette’s historical character, showing how they affect the interpretation and perception of the Petit Trianon. By considering both producers and receivers of these cultural heritage exponents - Marie Antoinette’s historical figure and the historic house museum of the Petit Trianon - the book expands current understandings of twenty-first century cultural heritage perceptions in relation to tourism and popular culture. A useful case study for academics, researchers and postgraduate students of cultural heritage, it will also be of interest to historians, keepers of house museums and those working in the field of tourism studies.
