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Speaking of misconceptions, the author wrote this fun bit for the huffington post, busting marie antoinette myths. Becoming marie antoinette juliet grey 9780345523877. Ballantine books august 9, 2011 this enthralling confection of a novel, the first in a new trilogy, follows the transformation of a coddled austrian archduchess into the reckless, powerful, beautiful queen marie antoinette. Grey writes eloquently and with charming humor, bringing toinette vividly to life as she is schooled and groomedmolded, quite literallyfor a future as queen of france, an innocent pawn in a deadly political game. A novel by juliet grey this enthralling confection of a novel, the first in a new trilogy, follows the transformation of a coddled austrian archduchess into the reckless, powerful, beautiful queen marie antoinette.
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