Marie Antoinette: The Portrait of an Average Woman

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"Marie Antoinette: The Portrait of an Average Woman" is a biographical work by Stefan Zweig that offers a psychologically rich and narrative-driven portrait of the French queen from her youth to her execution during the Revolution.

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instanceOf biographical book ⓘ
literary biography ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ
author Stefan Zweig ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Austria ⓘ
depicts court life at Versailles ⓘ
political tensions leading to the French Revolution ⓘ
trial and execution of Marie Antoinette ⓘ
focusesOnEvent French Revolution ⓘ
execution of Marie Antoinette in 1793 ⓘ
flight to Varennes ⓘ
storming of the Tuileries Palace ⓘ
genre biography ⓘ
historical biography ⓘ
hasPerspective critical of absolutist monarchy ⓘ
focus on psychological motivations ⓘ
sympathetic view of Marie Antoinette ⓘ
historicalContext Ancien Régime in France ⓘ
linked to: Ancien Régime

fall of the French monarchy ⓘ
literaryStyle narrative-driven ⓘ
psychologically oriented ⓘ
mainSubject French Revolution ⓘ
Marie Antoinette ⓘ
narrativeFocus life of Marie Antoinette from youth to execution ⓘ
psychological portrait of Marie Antoinette ⓘ
notableFor literary narrative style in non-fiction ⓘ
psychological depth in historical biography ⓘ
originalLanguage German ⓘ
partOfAuthorOeuvre Stefan Zweig's series of historical biographies ⓘ
portrays Marie Antoinette as a human and fallible figure ⓘ
personal development of Marie Antoinette ⓘ
relatedWorkByAuthor Mary, Queen of Scotland and the Isles ⓘ
The World of Yesterday ⓘ
Triumph and Tragedy of Erasmus of Rotterdam ⓘ
settingLocation France ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
Versailles ⓘ
subjectDynasty House of Bourbon (by marriage) ⓘ
linked to: House of Bourbon

House of Habsburg-Lorraine ⓘ
subjectOccupation Queen of France ⓘ
subjectSpouse Louis XVI of France ⓘ
theme clash between individual and history ⓘ
fate and character ⓘ
public image versus private reality ⓘ
responsibility and guilt ⓘ
tragedy of monarchy in crisis ⓘ
timePeriodCovered 18th century France ⓘ
French Revolution ⓘ

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