A review by recycled_personalities
Marie Antoinette: Princess of Versailles, Austria-France 1769 by Kathryn Lasky

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Listen, I’m a Marie Antoinette defender for life, and that’s probably thanks to this book. I probably read it for the first time like 5 or more years ago so it was nice to come back and feel like I was reading it for the first time all over again. The author says that although it’s a fictional depiction, it is largely based in fact. Do with that what you will. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism