![]() ![]() Includes historical notes, an author’s note, and a bibliography. ![]() ![]() In this latest installment of her acclaimed Young Royals series, Carolyn Meyer reveals the dizzying rise and horrific downfall of the last queen of France. The typical genre for her work is historical fiction, one of her more popular projects being the Young Royals series, each novel of which tells the story of a different crown princess (duchess, in the case of Catherine de Medici, and lady, in the. But as Marie-Antoinette’s lifestyle gets ever-more recklessly extravagant, the peasants of France are suffering from increasing poverty-and becoming outraged. Mary, Bloody Mary by Carolyn Meyer (Mary Tudor) Nine Days a Queen: The Short Life and Reign of Lady Jane Gray by Ann Rinaldi Patience, Princess Catherine by. Carolyn Meyer (born June 8, 1935) is an American author of novels for children and young adults. This is the worst book Carolyn Meyer had. Desperate for affection and subjected to constant scrutiny, this spirited young woman can’t help but want to let loose with elaborate parties, scandalous fashions, and unimaginable luxuries. And her attempts to bargain with her formidable sister queen, Elizabeth I of England, could cost her her very life. She tried to please everyone-courtiers, her young husband, the king, the French people-but often fell short of their expectations. ![]() Perhaps no other royal has been so maligned-and so misunderstood-as Marie-Antoinette.įrom the moment she was betrothed to the dauphin of France at age fourteen, perfection was demanded of Marie-Antoinette. History paints her as a shallow party girl, a spoiled fashionista, a callous ruler. ![]()
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