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A review by labunnywtf
Marie Antoinette: The Journey by Antonia Fraser
3.0
This is a really long book. It didn't take me as long as I thought it did, but to be fair, my brain wandered a lot. The trouble is, there's so much I don't know about the French revolution, so when they start listing names and places and dates and everyone is a Marie Teresa or a Louis the Number, or a King/Prince/Emperor from somewhere, they all kind of run together.
That being said, I learned a hell of a lot about this period of time, stuff I've never understood before, and it makes me want to read more about the revolution and these historical characters. Including Robespierre, I need to get my hands on a book that isn't dry.
The one thing I'm taking away is that Marie Antoinette didn't deserve what history has done to her. She had her flaws, and she wasn't any kind of icon, but she was vilified within an inch of her life, by a world that already hated women.
Last note: maybe I could've paid more attention if certain pop culture references
would've just left my brain alone.
That being said, I learned a hell of a lot about this period of time, stuff I've never understood before, and it makes me want to read more about the revolution and these historical characters. Including Robespierre, I need to get my hands on a book that isn't dry.
The one thing I'm taking away is that Marie Antoinette didn't deserve what history has done to her. She had her flaws, and she wasn't any kind of icon, but she was vilified within an inch of her life, by a world that already hated women.
Last note: maybe I could've paid more attention if certain pop culture references
would've just left my brain alone.