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Author Masterson, Meghan, author.

Title The wardrobe mistress [large print] : a novel of Marie Antoinette / Meghan Masterson.

Publication Info. Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2017.
2017

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Pittsburg 2nd Fl Large Print  LP F Masterson    ---  Available
Edition Large print edition.
Description 457 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
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Summary THE WARDROBE MISTRESS is Meghan Masterson's fascinating and visceral debut, an inside look at Marie Antoinette's luxurious life in Versailles remarkably juxtaposed against life in third estate as the French Revolution gains strength. A propulsive exploration of love, loyalty, danger, and intrigue ... not to be missed. It's Giselle Aubry's first time at court in Versailles. At sixteen, she is one of Marie Antoinette's newest undertirewomen, and in awe of the glamorous queen and her opulent palace life. A budding designer, it's a dream come true to work with the beautiful fabrics and jewels in the queen's wardrobe. But every few weeks she returns home to visit her family in Paris where rumors of revolution are growing stronger. From her position working in the royal household, Giselle is poised to see both sides of the revolutionary tensions erupting throughout Paris. When her uncle, a retired member of the secret du roi, a spy ring that worked for the old King, Louis XV, suggests that she casually report the Queen's actions back to him as a game, she leaps at the chance. Spying seems like an adventure and an exciting way to privately support the revolution taking the countryside by storm. She also enjoys using her insight from Versailles in lively debates with Leon Gauvain, the handsome and idealistic revolutionary who courts her. But as the revolution continues to gain momentum, and Giselle grows closer to the Queen, becoming one of the few trusted servants, she finds herself dangerously torn. Violence is escalating; she must choose where her loyalty truly lies, or risk losing everything ... maybe even her head.
Subject Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793 -- Fiction.
Revolution (France : 1789-1799)
Chronological Term 1789-1799
Subject Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.
Dressmakers -- Fiction.
Large type books.
FICTION -- Historical.
FICTION -- Romance -- Regency.
Dressmakers.
Large type books.
Man-woman relationships.
France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Fiction.
France.
Genre/Form Fiction.
History.
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Love stories.
ISBN 9781432844981 (lg. print)
1432844989 (lg. print)

 
    
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