Abundance: A Novel of Marie Antoinette
- Author: Sena Jeter Naslund
- Narrator: Susanna Burney
- Publisher: HarperCollins USA
- Duration: 11:56:56
Synopsis
Marie Antoinette was a child of fourteen when her mother, the Empress of Austria, arranged for her to leave her family and her country to become the wife of the fifteen-year-old Dauphin, the future King of France. Coming of age in the most public of arenas, she warmly embraces her adopted nation and its citizens. She shows her new husband nothing but love and encouragement, though he repeatedly fails to consummate their marriage and in so doing is unable to give her a child and an heir to the throne. Deeply disappointed and isolated in her own intimate circle, and apart from the social life of the court, she allows herself to remain ignorant of the country’s growing economic and political crises, even as poor harvests, bitter winters, war debts, and poverty precipitate rebellion and revenge. The young queen, once beloved by the common folk, becomes a target of scorn, cruelty, and hatred as she, the court’s nobles, and the rest of the royal family are caught up in the nightmarish violence of a murderous time called “the Terror.”
Sena Jeter Naslund offers a dramatic reimagining of this truly compelling woman that goes far beyond the popular myth.Chapters
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Chapter 001
Duration: 06min -
Chapter 002
Duration: 09min -
Chapter 003
Duration: 11min -
Chapter 004
Duration: 12min -
Chapter 005
Duration: 11min -
Chapter 006
Duration: 11min -
Chapter 007
Duration: 12min -
Chapter 008
Duration: 09min -
Chapter 009
Duration: 10min -
Chapter 010
Duration: 12min -
Chapter 011
Duration: 13min -
Chapter 012
Duration: 11min -
Chapter 013
Duration: 09min -
Chapter 014
Duration: 09min -
Chapter 015
Duration: 10min -
Chapter 016
Duration: 12min -
Chapter 017
Duration: 12min -
Chapter 018
Duration: 12min -
Chapter 019
Duration: 15min -
Chapter 020
Duration: 10min