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The Queen's Lover: A Novel
by Du Plessix Gray, Francine
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1594203377
- ISBN 13
- 9781594203374
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Penguin Press, 2012-06-14. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. Signed by Author. Signed by Author on title page. Minor wear & fading to boards. Light wear & soiling on edges of text block. Text and images unmarked. The dust jacket shows some light handling with "Autographed Copy" label on front panel, in a mylar cover.
Synopsis
A “spellbinding” and “deeply intelligent” historical novel about Marie Antoinette on the eve of the French Revolution ( The Washington Post ) Through the untold love story between Marie Antoinette and Swedish aristocrat Axel von Fersen, acclaimed author Francine du Plessix Gray weaves history with romance in a captivating novel that also offers a fresh vision of the French Revolution. Paris, 1774. The dashing nobleman meets nineteen-year-old Marie Antoinette at a masquerade ball. As their relationship deepens at Versailles, Fersen discovers the court’s secrets, even the startling erotic details of Marie Antoinette’s marriage. But this intimacy is disrupted when he leaves to join the American Revolution. When he returns in 1783, he finds France on the brink of disintegration. After the Revolution of 1789, the royal family is moved to the Tuileries and suffers increasingly harsh captivity. After a failed attempt to liberate them, Fersen goes home to Sweden where he soon meets his own tragic end: his fate is symbolic of the violent pace with which of the eighteenth century’s events transformed European culture.
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- Chaparral Books
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- Title
- The Queen's Lover: A Novel
- Author
- Du Plessix Gray, Francine
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1594203377
- ISBN 13
- 9781594203374
- Publisher
- Penguin Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2012-06-14
- Size
- 6x1x9
- X weight
- 18 oz
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Chaparral Books is located across from Elephant's Deli on S Corbett Avenue in Portland. We have a well rounded collection of subjects, including an extensive core collection in Western Americana and Native American Literature including Western Writers.
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