Marie Antoinette: The Journey
Posted: 02 Sep 2013, 15:17
I had often read about Antonia Fraser’s excellent credibility as an author and historian. After reading my first Fraser book, Marie Antoinette: The Journey, I was moved by the infamous Queen’s story amplified by Fraser’s outstanding writing skills. My favorite lines in the book, which I think sum up Antoinette’s life, are:
Having looked without passion at the extraordinary journey that was her life, one is drawn to the conclusion that her weaknesses, although manifest, were of trivial worth in the balance of misfortune.
The same idea in Antoinette’s own words:
Oh my God, if we have committed faults, we have certainly expiated them.
It is a moving story, definitely worth the read.
Having looked without passion at the extraordinary journey that was her life, one is drawn to the conclusion that her weaknesses, although manifest, were of trivial worth in the balance of misfortune.
The same idea in Antoinette’s own words:
Oh my God, if we have committed faults, we have certainly expiated them.
It is a moving story, definitely worth the read.