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John Hardman: Marie-Antoinette: The Making of a French Queen [2019] hardback Condition:New Other speeches showcase well-remembered figuresA new look which fundamentally overturns our understanding of this famously "out of touch" queen "Presents [Marie Antoinette] as much more than a symbol whose meaning is in the eye of her beholder . . . neither martyr nor voluptuary but rather a serious participant in politics." Lynn Hunt, New York Review of Books "Splendid. . . . Masterly. . . . A wonderfully gripping biography." Allan Massie, Wall Street Journal Named a Book of the Year (2020) by