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En Maria Antonieta Evelyne Lever relata la magnifica historia de la ultima reina de Francia. La vida de la familia en Viena, la boda en Versalles, la corte francesa, el tedio, la hipocresia, la soledad, aliados y enemigos, entretenimientos extravagantes, escandalos, intrigas, sexo, alumbramiento y congoja, amantes, disturbios populares, la caida de la Bastilla, el ataque a Versalles, la prision en las Tullerias, huida y captura, el gobierno de la turba en Paris, el encarcelamiento, la guillotina... Basada en diarios, cartas, documentos de la corte y memorias, Maria Antonieta presenta un vivido retrato de la Reina, de su circulo intimo y de la prodiga vida cortesana en Versalles. Conocemos a la temible emperatriz Maria Teresa de Austria, que usa a su hija Maria Antonieta -la obliga a casarse con el nada atractivo Dauphin de Francia, futuro Luis XVI para satisfacer las ambiciones del imperio de los Habsburgo; A la legendaria Madaine du Barry, la amante de Luis XV a la que Maria Antonieta opto por ignorar; al gallardo Conde Axel Fersen, heredero de una de las mas poderosas familias de Suecia y gran pasion de la Reina; la inmadura a impetuosa Maria Antonieta, quien al confundir las manifestaciones populares con apoyo incondicional, se mantiene ajena a los terribles problemas economicos del pais y el agitado clima politico de la Francia prerrevolucionaria, y termina huyendo; tanto de su marido como del pueblo, y refugiandose en un mundo de opulenta fantasia; y al inepto infeliz Dauphin, un gobernante incapaz de actuar ni siquiera cuando veia que la monarquia se derrumbaba a su alrededor. Desde el nacimiento de Maria Antonieta en Viena en 1755, a traves de su turbulento y desdichadomatrimonio, los sangrientos disturbios de la Revolucion francesa, el juicio de la Reina por alta traicion -durante el cual se la acuso de incesto- y su decapitacion final, Lever relata una historia tragica de poder y abuso de poder, y presenta un tapiz inolvidable de la vida en la Francia del siglo XVIII.DIJO LA CRCTICA"Evocativa... La contribucion mas importante al tema desde los estudios de Pierre de Nolhac a principios del siglo XX... La calidad de Lever como biografa, demostrada en sus Vidas de Luis XVI y de Luis XVIII, vuelve a evidenciarse en su habil manejo de la narrativa y en su talento para la cita exacta."John Rogister, The Times Literary Supplement"Una biografia entretenida y plenamente documentada... No hay reina de Francia sobre la que mas se haya escrito que Maria Antonieta... El libro de Evelyne Lever es una valiosa contribucion."Jean Riviere, The Eighteenth Century''Esta biografia, carente de todo rasgo de romantizacion y magnificamente escrita, constituye una excelente descripcion de los personajes y el trasfondo de una tragedia que ha quedado grabada en la memoria historica, Con su retrato, Evelyne Lever propone a sus lectores una verdadera y largamente esperada "descaricaturizacion" de Maria Antonieta."Francis Matthys, La Libre Belgique"La obra de Evelyne Lever, basada en fuentes poco exploradas, como, los archivos austriacos y suecos y la correspondencia de los embajadores extranjeros en Paris, restituye la dimension politica que esta ausente en las biografias de la ultima reina de Francia."Bruno de Cessole, Figaro Madam Esta Maria Antonieta politica completa el corpus de obras notables gracias a las cuales Evelyne Lever se ha ganado una merecida reputacion por sutalento y erudicion... La autora traza un retrato psicologico que no deja lugar a la ambiguedad."Paul Moriceau, Ouest France


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9782757801031
  • Publisher: Contemporary French Fiction
  • Publisher Imprint: Contemporary French Fiction
  • Height: 175 mm
  • No of Pages: 284
  • Series Title: French
  • Weight: 163 gr
  • ISBN-10: 2757801031
  • Publisher Date: 03 Aug 2006
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: French
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 15 mm
  • Width: 109 mm

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