What do You think about Marie Antoinette: Princess Of Versailles, Austria - France, 1769 (2000)?
This instalment of The Royal Diaries is definitely one of my all time favourites alongside Anastasia and Kristina. I have noticed that the reality of Marie Antoinette is not perceived in this diary recount of her life and it does not display Marie Antoinette as the selfish, ignorant and oblivious woman she was alongside her husband and The Court of Versailles. But rather it displays her in a much more positive light and shows her as a loving, considerate young woman who was really just pushed into everything she ever did. I found this a lovely novel to read, although as a child I could never really quite grasp the language and concept of the novel completely, and it took awhile for me to finish. Now though I had finished the book within two days and thoroughly enjoyed reading it overall. This novel is definitely one that needs to be re read at least two to three times to fully get the whole ideal of the book. I must admit though, this diary account has inspired me to read into more about Marie Antoinette and sympathise with her throughout everything she did. She has become a very respectful woman to me and it all stems from this book.
—Emmah
I really, really enjoyed this book about Marie Antoinette! I’ve always been a little fascinated with Marie Antoinette, she has a rather interesting life story … and of course, tragic as well. I’ve never been of the mindset that Marie Antoinette was an ignorant, frivolous queen who didn’t care for her subjects and peasants much, and I’m glad this book stresses the naivety of Marie Antoinette and how her upbringing shaped her. After all, being the 15th child, not many people would have expected such a grand future for her.In this book, we only see Marie Antoinette as a preteen, which includes the time before she married her husband, and just a little bit of the time after. This book tells the story of the relationship between Marie Antoinette and her mother, her experience going from the Austrian court to the French court and her rivalry with Madame du Barry (Marie Antoinette’s father-in-law’s mistress). I think this book is definitely one of the best in this series. I think it has one of the more exciting or interesting plots in the series, especially the rivalry part, and it had an ending that left you thinking, “Wow, Marie Antoinette is going to make an amazing Queen!” Of course, in reality, her people did not really think so, but it’s a good way to end the book!Apologies for the short review! It’s a short(ish) children’s book, and I liked it a lot, nothing to complain about here! If you want to venture into the Royal Diaries series, I highly recommend this one to start with (or Cleopatra or Anastasia, these three being my favourites).
—Jinny (Lost-At-Sea Book Reviews)
This book was all about court life and i loved antonia. The past or the real history is a dark one. Antonia when she finally is married of to france she is shocked that her husband is nothing like in the pictures. he is a big fat oaf with dirty nails. But he seems to make a good friend to antonia. In france she has a rival called du barry, actually du barry hates her and antonia hates her too. in the end du barry has to realize that the future queen of france is to be antonia. well according to history......antonia and her husband had been executed. They were fine people but they were young so hence couldn't make capable rulers. It is said that during there time when the most important desicion that they made was which dress to wear today, while people where starving on the streets.
—Tendril Zam
