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Becoming Marie Antoinette
Becoming Marie Antoinette: A Novel | Juliet Grey
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Imagines the early life of the doomed eighteenth-century queen, who at a young age learns from her mother, the ambitious Empress of Austria, that she must leave her coddled life in the Austrian court to marry the dauphin of France.
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Born.A.Reader
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Eggs Lovely 🙏🏻🙌🏻 10mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Beautiful 💛🧡 10mo
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Cinfhen
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Marie Antoinette gets a bad rap😛This was such a DEEP DIVE… 16 hours and MA doesn‘t even become Queen. I should have paid more attention to the title 😉This book only covers the years 1760- 1774. The book would have been wonderful if the author slimmed it down by about 250 pages. The plus….I feel very well informed for my upcoming visit to Versailles in November 🤓👇🏼

Cinfhen Apparently this is book 1 in a trilogy about Marie Antoinette - im actually inclined to read more 🇫🇷👑#TitlesAndTunes #DramaQueen @BarbaraBB 1y
BarbaraBB A whole trilogy, that‘ll be lots of drama! 1y
Cinfhen I can only imagine @BarbaraBB all the DRAMA indeed 🎭 1y
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Born.A.Reader I have this trilogy, but I've only read the first one. I enjoyed it however! 1y
Cinfhen I‘m not ready for book two yet @Bornwithcuriosity but I will get to it at some point before my trip ❣️ 1y
julesG Is it fiction or non-fiction? 1y
Cinfhen It‘s historical fiction @julesG but it‘s SO THOROUGH!! I don‘t think much was fictionalized. It‘s pretty accurate from what I can tell. 1y
TrishB I‘ve read- it‘s very detailed but I really enjoyed. Loved Versailles too ❤️ 1y
Cinfhen It was a bit too long but I enjoyed it too @TrishB did you read the other two books??? 1y
TrishB I did - it feels like it was quite some time ago though! 1y
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Cinfhen
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I‘m looking forward to my September #TitlesAndTunes book -
Who besides Marie Antoinette could be a BIGGER #DramaQueen???
And my songs speak for themselves 😜😉

TheBookHippie 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 1y
Cinfhen Thanks @TheBookHippie 😚😘 1y
youneverarrived Great choices! 😁 1y
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Deblovestoread Great choices! 1y
BarbaraBB Such a great start of another playlist! Thanks!! 1y
Cinfhen You‘re right @BarbaraBB it‘s already shaping up to be a great playlist!!! Thanks @youneverarrived @Deblovestoread ❣️ 1y
Billypar Wow, bravo on your picks and how well they complement each other! 👏👏 1y
Cinfhen Thanks @Billypar Not gonna lie…I was pretty proud of myself 😂 1y
Rissreads Great songs! ♥️ 1y
Cinfhen @Rissreads thanks!! This new playlist is already shaping up to be HIGHLY ADDICTIVE ‼️‼️‼️ 1y
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LibraryCin
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This is the first in a trilogy, so we only get as far into Marie Antoinette‘s life as Louis XV dying and she and her husband succeeding to the throne when they are 18-years old. I did like how she was portrayed in this novel, and I appreciated the author‘s note at the end, which explains that the majority of people and events in the book did happen. I am really looking forward to reading the next book.

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I'm such a sucker for books with royalty in them. If the story takes place in a castle, has a King, Queen, Prince or Princess I'm going to read it. Reading books that breathes life into past history, that can weave vivid details in war, ambition, love, and heartache, that's my kind of book.
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Daughter_of_Opulence
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This is what happens when I get sad and depressed. I say, "Fuck it" then go to the dollar store and search the small book section. Results:
3- Historical fiction
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#bookhaul #dollarstore #historicalfiction #february

Louise It's a very affordable and often effective therapy! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 7y
HeatherBlue What‘s the bottom book? It looks so pretty 😍 7y
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Daughter_of_Opulence @HeatherBlue It's Elusion by Claudia Gabe and Cheryl Klam. It is. It's actually the first book of its series. This is the FIRST time I've found the first book of a series. Usually I find the second, third or fourth. 7y
HeatherBlue @Daughter_of_Opulence That sounds really good! Thanks!! ❤️ 7y
Daughter_of_Opulence @HeatherBlue You're welcome! It looks like it will be really good. I can't wait to read it. 7y
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