The Secret Diary Of A Princess A Novel Of Marie Antoinette - Plot & Excerpts
The new year began half an hour ago and the sky above Vienna is filled with colourful, dazzling fireworks. Carolina is standing at my window in her nightdress, watching the explosions and clapping with joy. She is fortunate indeed that Mama cannot see her now. There was a grand state ball at the Hofburg tonight and we can see the guests with their glittering, shimmering clothes swathed beneath furs, standing in the courtyard below, snipping schnapps and staring up at the night sky as it explodes into colour and light. The carnival season is in full swing in Vienna and every night the sound of music, laughter and fun floats up to our windows at the Hofburg. Amalia goes out every night in her pretty silk dresses, with only a black velvet fur lined cape and black felt mask for disguise and we hear her coming back in the early hours, stumbling slightly and humming the latest songs under her breath. We are consumed with envy and can hardly wait for the day when we can be a part of it all as well.
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