Marie Antoinette

Zusatztext ´Certainly no one can arise unmoved from the reading of this powerful work´ - The New Republic ´Excellent biography´ - The New York Times ´Stefan Zweig´s remarkable study of Marie Antoinette; A full-bodied biography which bids fair to be the definitive life of that tragic queen´ - The New York Times ´The most influential biography of Marie Antoinette´ - The Guardian Informationen zum Autor Stefan Zweig was born in 1881 in Vienna, into a wealthy Austrian-Jewish family. He studied in Berlin and Vienna and was first known as a poet and translator, then as a biographer. Between the wars, Zweig was an international bestseller with a string of hugely popular novellas including Letter from an Unknown Woman , Amok and Fear . In 1934, with the rise of Nazism, he left Austria, and lived in London, Bath and New York-a period during which he produced his most celebrated works: his only novel, Beware of Pity , and his memoir, The World of Yesterday. He eventually settled in Brazil, where in 1942 he and his wife were found dead in an apparent double suicide. Much of his work is available from Pushkin Press. Klappentext "First published in German in 1932 as Marie Antoinette, Bildnis eines mittleren charakters"--Title page verso. Certainly no one can arise unmoved from the reading of this powerful work The New Republic Excellent biography The New York Times Stefan Zweig's remarkable study of Marie Antoinette; A full-bodied biography which bids fair to be the definitive life of that tragic queen The New York Times The most influential biography of Marie Antoinette The Guardian Bringing to life one of the most complex characters in European history Zusammenfassung Tells the story of Marie Antoinette! who became the Queen of France at the age of fifteen. This title analyzes the chemistry of a woman's soul from her intimate pleasures to her public suffering as a Queen under the weight of misfortune and history. It describes Marie Antoinette in the King's bedroom! and with her children. ...

´Certainly no one can arise unmoved from the reading of this powerful work´ - The New Republic

´Excellent biography´ - The New York Times

´Stefan Zweig´s remarkable study of Marie Antoinette; A full-bodied biography which bids fair to be the definitive life of that tragic queen´ - The New York Times

´The most influential biography of Marie Antoinette´ - The Guardian

Vorwort
Bringing to life one of the most complex characters in European history

Autorentext
Stefan Zweig was born in 1881 in Vienna, into a wealthy Austrian-Jewish family. He studied in Berlin and Vienna and was first known as a poet and translator, then as a biographer. Between the wars, Zweig was an international bestseller with a string of hugely popular novellas including Letter from an Unknown Woman, Amok and Fear. In 1934, with the rise of Nazism, he left Austria, and lived in London, Bath and New York-a period during which he produced his most celebrated works: his only novel, Beware of Pity, *and his memoir, The World of Yesterday.* He eventually settled in Brazil, where in 1942 he and his wife were found dead in an apparent double suicide. Much of his work is available from Pushkin Press.

Klappentext

"First published in German in 1932 as Marie Antoinette, Bildnis eines mittleren charakters"--Title page verso.

Zusammenfassung
Tells the story of Marie Antoinette, who became the Queen of France at the age of fifteen. This title analyzes the chemistry of a woman's soul from her intimate pleasures to her public suffering as a Queen under the weight of misfortune and history. It describes Marie Antoinette in the King's bedroom, and with her children.