Before falling victim to the French Revolution, Marie Antoinette - the young, pretty queen who is credited for proclaiming, "Let them eat cake" - lived a life of excess in the French court while her people starved. With illustrations and an appealing story, this book looks at her roles as a mother, a wife, and a trend-setter.
The young, pretty queen who is remembered for supposedly uttering, Let them eat cake,” Marie Antoinette had fun and spent money on beautiful things, while her people starved. But was she as heartless as everyone believed?
Gorgeous illustrations and an intelligent, evocative story bring to life a real dastardly dame whose extravagance incited a revolution.