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Marie-Antoinette: The Making of a French Queen Audiobook, by John Hardman Play Audiobook Sample

Marie-Antoinette: The Making of a French Queen Audiobook

Marie-Antoinette: The Making of a French Queen Audiobook, by John Hardman Play Audiobook Sample
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Read By: Jonathan Cowley Publisher: Tantor Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 11.83 hours at 1.5x Speed 8.88 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: October 2019 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781541432307

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

27

Longest Chapter Length:

58:42 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

15:10 minutes

Average Chapter Length:

39:32 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

1

Publisher Description

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.

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About Jonathan Cowley

Jonathan Cowley, an Earphones Award–winning narrator, is a British actor hailing from Eastbourne, East Sussex, but he currently calls Los Angeles home. He has narrated many audiobooks and can also be heard on both sides of the Atlantic narrating film trailers and documentaries. He is also an active television and film actor who has appeared in Grey’s Anatomy, Veep, and WestWorld.