Marie-Antoinette : the making of a French queen /
Hardman, John, 1944-
Marie-Antoinette : the making of a French queen / John Hardman. - New Haven : Yale University Press, (c)2019. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover page; Halftitle page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS; PREFACE; ONE FROM ARCHDUCHESS TO DAUPHINE; THE FALL OF CHOISEUL; TWO THE COURT UNDER LOUIS XVI AND MARIE-ANTOINETTE; THE COURT; MADAME DE POLIGNAC; THE COMTE DE VAUDREUIL; AXEL VON FERSEN; THREE A QUEEN IN SEARCH OF A ROLE 1774-1781; MAUREPAS AND MARIE-ANTOINETTE; MARIE-ANTOINETTE'S EARLY POLITICAL INTERVENTIONS; MOTHERHOOD AND ITS REPERCUSSIONS; THE AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE, NECKER AND MARIE-ANTOINETTE; FOUR GROWING UNPOPULARITY 1781-1785; VAUDREUIL AND MARIE-ANTOINETTE THE SAINT-CLOUD PURCHASETHE DUTCH AFFAIR; MARIE-ANTOINETTE AND HER CHILDREN; FIVE THE DIAMOND NECKLACE AFFAIR 1785-1786; SIX THE ASCENDANCY OF MARIE-ANTOINETTE 1787-1788; THE REVOLT OF THE PARLEMENT; SEVEN THE LAST YEAR AT VERSAILLES; THE QUEEN'S UNPOPULARITY DEEPENS; NECKER; EIGHT APPEASEMENT AND PLANS FOR RESISTANCE; THE NEW SITUATION: THE LOCATION OF POWER IN 1790; APPEASEMENT AND RESISTANCE; MIRABEAU; THE ESCAPE PLANS; THE OBJECTIVES; THE KING AND QUEEN DECIDE TO ESCAPE; INTRODUCING BARNAVE; NINE THE FLIGHT TO VARENNES; THE REACTION IN PARIS MARIE-ANTOINETTE AND BARNAVE: THE START OF A POLITICAL AFFAIRREVISION AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE CONSTITUTION; TEN 'MARIE-ANTOINETTE WILL BECOME QUEEN OF FRANCE AGAIN'; WAR; ELEVEN THE FALL OF THE MONARCHY; TWELVE IMPRISONMENT IN A TOWER; THE QUEEN'S TRIAL; CONCLUSION; EPILOGUE: UBI SUNT?; NOTES; A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
9780300249033
Queens--France--Biography.
Electronic Books.
DC137 / .M375 2019
Marie-Antoinette : the making of a French queen / John Hardman. - New Haven : Yale University Press, (c)2019. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover page; Halftitle page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS; PREFACE; ONE FROM ARCHDUCHESS TO DAUPHINE; THE FALL OF CHOISEUL; TWO THE COURT UNDER LOUIS XVI AND MARIE-ANTOINETTE; THE COURT; MADAME DE POLIGNAC; THE COMTE DE VAUDREUIL; AXEL VON FERSEN; THREE A QUEEN IN SEARCH OF A ROLE 1774-1781; MAUREPAS AND MARIE-ANTOINETTE; MARIE-ANTOINETTE'S EARLY POLITICAL INTERVENTIONS; MOTHERHOOD AND ITS REPERCUSSIONS; THE AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE, NECKER AND MARIE-ANTOINETTE; FOUR GROWING UNPOPULARITY 1781-1785; VAUDREUIL AND MARIE-ANTOINETTE THE SAINT-CLOUD PURCHASETHE DUTCH AFFAIR; MARIE-ANTOINETTE AND HER CHILDREN; FIVE THE DIAMOND NECKLACE AFFAIR 1785-1786; SIX THE ASCENDANCY OF MARIE-ANTOINETTE 1787-1788; THE REVOLT OF THE PARLEMENT; SEVEN THE LAST YEAR AT VERSAILLES; THE QUEEN'S UNPOPULARITY DEEPENS; NECKER; EIGHT APPEASEMENT AND PLANS FOR RESISTANCE; THE NEW SITUATION: THE LOCATION OF POWER IN 1790; APPEASEMENT AND RESISTANCE; MIRABEAU; THE ESCAPE PLANS; THE OBJECTIVES; THE KING AND QUEEN DECIDE TO ESCAPE; INTRODUCING BARNAVE; NINE THE FLIGHT TO VARENNES; THE REACTION IN PARIS MARIE-ANTOINETTE AND BARNAVE: THE START OF A POLITICAL AFFAIRREVISION AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE CONSTITUTION; TEN 'MARIE-ANTOINETTE WILL BECOME QUEEN OF FRANCE AGAIN'; WAR; ELEVEN THE FALL OF THE MONARCHY; TWELVE IMPRISONMENT IN A TOWER; THE QUEEN'S TRIAL; CONCLUSION; EPILOGUE: UBI SUNT?; NOTES; A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
9780300249033
Queens--France--Biography.
Electronic Books.
DC137 / .M375 2019