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The bad queen : rules and instructions for Marie-Antoinette

The bad queen : rules and instructions for Marie-Antoinette

Book 2010

In eighteenth-century France, Marie-Antoinette rails against the rules of etiquette that govern her life even as she tries to fulfill her greatest obligation, giving birth to the next king, but she finds diversion in spending money on clothing, parties, and gambling despite her family's warnings and the whispers of courtiers.