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092    BIO|bMARIE AN 
100 1  Hardman, John,|d1944-|eauthor. 
245 10 Marie-Antoinette :|bthe making of a French queen /|cJohn 
       Hardman. 
264  1 New Haven, Connecticut :|bYale University Press,|c2019. 
300    xx, 363 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :
       |billustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ;|c25
       cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
336    still image|bsti|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 00 |tFrom Archduchess to Dauphine --|tThe court under Louis 
       XVI and Marie-Antoinette --|tA Queen in search of a role, 
       1774-1781 --|tGrowing unpopularity, 1781-1785 --|tThe 
       Diamond Necklace Affair, 1785-1786 --|tThe ascendancy of 
       Marie-Antoinette, 1787-1788 --|tThe last year at 
       Versailles --|tAppeasement and plans for resistance: the 
       Tulleries and Saint-Cloud --|tThe flight to Varennes --
       |t'Marie-Antoinette will become Queen of France again': 
       Government by letter --|tThe fall of the monarchy --
       |tImprisonment in a tower --|tEpilogue: Ubi sunt? 
520 8  A new look which fundamentally overturns our understanding
       of this famously "out of touch" queen. Who was the real 
       Marie-Antoinette? She was mistrusted and reviled in her 
       own time, and today she is portrayed as a lightweight 
       incapable of understanding the events that engulfed her. 
       In this new account, John Hardman redresses the balance 
       and sheds fresh light on Marie-Antoinette's story. Hardman
       shows how Marie-Antoinette played a significant but 
       misunderstood role in the crisis of the monarchy. Drawing 
       on new sources, he describes how, from the outset, Marie-
       Antoinette refused to prioritize the aggressive foreign 
       policy of her mother, Maria-Theresa, bravely took over the
       helm from Louis XVI after the collapse of his morale, and,
       when revolution broke out, listened to the Third Estate 
       and worked closely with repentant radicals to give the 
       constitutional monarchy a fighting chance. For the first 
       time, Hardman demonstrates exactly what influence Marie-
       Antoinette had and when and how she exerted it. 
600 00 Marie Antoinette,|cQueen, consort of Louis XVI, King of 
       France,|d1755-1793. 
650  0 Queens|zFrance|vBiography. 
651  0 France|xHistory|yLouis XVI, 1774-1793. 
655  7 Biographies.|2lcgft