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Article: Marie Antoinette; the Journey.(Book Review)(Audiobook Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Article)
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- November 1, 2002
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THE JOURNEY. Antonia Fraser. 2001. Read by Donada Peters. 15, 1.5 hour tapes. Books on Tape. 0-7366-8308-9. $120.00. Vinyl; content notes. SA
Marie Antoinette, the 15th child of Maria Teresa of Austria, was only 14 years old when she was sent to France to be the wife of the dauphin, the future Louis XVI. Louis XIV and Louis XV together had ruled for nearly a century and a half. They bankrupted France by building Versailles. Then they destroyed the social order by requiring all nobles to live at Versailles, thus leaving the countryside governed by absentee landlords who grew indifferent to the growing hunger, insecurity and desperate poverty that were the lot of ...