Days of Splendor, Days of Sorrow: A Novel of Marie Antoinette

by Juliet Grey

Book Overview

A captivating novel of rich spectacle and royal scandal, Days of Splendor, Days of Sorrow spans fifteen years in the fateful reign of Marie Antoinette, France's most legendary and notorious queen . Paris, 1774. At the tender age of eighteen, Marie Antoinette ascends to the French throne alongside her husband, Louis XVI. But behind the extravagance of the young queen's elaborate silk gowns and dizzyingly high coiffures, she harbors deeper fears for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345523881
• ISBN13: 9780345523884
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.2" x 8.0"