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A fictional tale inspired by the life of Marie Antoinette presents the story of a teenage empress's daughter who is forced to leave her family home to marry the future king of France and who rebels against the formality and rigid protocol of court life. By the author of Ahab's Wife. Simultaneous.
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"An absorbing, detailed read." -- Buffalo News
"Hypnotically intimate.With vivid detail and exquisite narrative technique, Naslund exemplifies the best of historical fiction." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Perceptive and literate." -- Richmond Times-Dispatch
An absorbing, detailed read. --Buffalo News
"Sumptuous...gripping...beautifully poignant. If you read one book about Marie Antoinette, let it be Sena Jeter Naslund's."--USA Today
"ABUNDANCE is intelligent, beautifully written, and uncomfortably relevant, and Naslund makes her heroine convincing and even sympathetic."--Boston Globe
"Exceptional...A richly detailed portrait of an opulent, turbulent time. 4 stars."--People
"Readers of serious historical fiction will revel in it."--Booklist (starred review)
"A wealth of period details...even the most cynical reader will wish for a last-minute pardon."--Christian Science Monitor
"An enthralling work of fiction, one that captures the details of a family reign and a time period long gone."--Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
About the Author:
"Hypnotically intimate.With vivid detail and exquisite narrative technique, Naslund exemplifies the best of historical fiction." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Perceptive and literate." -- Richmond Times-Dispatch
An absorbing, detailed read. --Buffalo News
"Sumptuous...gripping...beautifully poignant. If you read one book about Marie Antoinette, let it be Sena Jeter Naslund's."--USA Today
"ABUNDANCE is intelligent, beautifully written, and uncomfortably relevant, and Naslund makes her heroine convincing and even sympathetic."--Boston Globe
"Exceptional...A richly detailed portrait of an opulent, turbulent time. 4 stars."--People
"Readers of serious historical fiction will revel in it."--Booklist (starred review)
"A wealth of period details...even the most cynical reader will wish for a last-minute pardon."--Christian Science Monitor
"An enthralling work of fiction, one that captures the details of a family reign and a time period long gone."--Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Sena Jeter Naslund is program director of the Spalding University brief-residency MFA in Writing.
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- PublisherHarperaudio
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 0061150916
- ISBN 13 9780061150913
- BindingAudio CD
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Book Description Audio Book (CD). Condition: new. Sena Jeter Naslund made flesh and blood a boldly original fictional character called "Ahab's wife". Now, she combines rigorous scholarship and blazing imagination to illuminate the life of Marie Antoinette, one of the most courageous-and misunderstood-queens in history."Like everyone, I am born naked."With this opening line of Naslund's compelling new novel, a very human Marie Antoinette invites readers to live her story as she herself experiences it. Marie Antoinette was a child of fourteen when her mother, the Empress of Austria, arranged for her to become the wife of the fifteen-year-old Dauphin, the future King of France. The young queen embraces her new family and the French people, and she is embraced in return. She shows her new husband nothing but love and encouragement, though he fails to give her a child and an heir to the throne.Deeply disappointed and isolated, the queen allows herself to remain ignorant of the country's growing economic and political crises, and the people turn against her. Poor harvests, bitter winters, war debts, and poverty precipitate rebellion and revenge known as "the Terror."Once again, Sena Jeter Naslund has shed new light on an important moment of historical change. Exquisitely detailed, beautifully written, heartbreaking and powerful, Abundance is a novel that is impossible to put down.Performed by Susanna Burney. Seller Inventory # DADAX0061150916
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