A review by crystallyn
The Wardrobe Mistress: A Novel of Marie Antoinette by Meghan Masterson

5.0

The Wardrobe Mistress is a wonderful new take on what we know about Marie Antoinette, moving us far out of the "Let them eat cake!" territory and enabling the reader to see her as a woman not just reviled by the French people, but as a mother, a caring person, and someone who was caught in terrible circumstances. I adored the narrator, Giselle, an undertirewoman to the queen as she falls in love with Leon, one of the French revolutionaries. I learned so much about the French Revolution and I was fascinated at the role that fashion played in the uprising--how very French! When I finished the last page, I found myself wishing that I had a tricolor rosette for my own lapel. A stunning debut from a fresh new voice in historical fiction.