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Title: Her history from her point of view
Review: Marie Antoinette is told by her family's priest to write down her sins as a means of confession. She continues to write in her journal into adulthood. At 13 years of age she is promised in marriage to Louis XVI of France. In many respects this impending marriage was a peace treaty between France and Austria. Louis is not at all what she expected. Marie does her best to help her husband. As he becomes King and she his Queen, her support of him does not change but she falls in love with Axel Fersen, a Swedish nobleman. Marie struggles with her quest to produce a rightful heir to the Bourbon dynasty. France is in the midst of one of the most turbulent times in their history. The mix of history and fiction keeps your interest until the very end. Her diary becomes an intriguing historical novel.
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