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To The Scaffold: The Life of Marie Antoinette
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Plot Summary of To The Scaffold: The Life of Marie Antoinette
"This very readable biography covers the entirety of Queen Marie Antoinette's life, from her childhood as one of the thirteen children of Maria Theresa, to her loveless marriage to Louis XVI. This is a more sympathetic portrayal of the queen than many, claiming her faults lied more in the realms of naivete and lavish spending than in insensitivity or treason."
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Plot
Royalty bio Yes
Period of greatest activity? - 1700's

Subject of Biography
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - Prince/Nobleman/King
Biography of famous person? Yes
Ethnicity - White
How sensitive is this person? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 6 ()
Europe Yes
European country: - France
Century: - 18th century

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Book makes you feel? - thoughtful
Writer's slant towards subject: - favorable
Story of entire life, or part? - story of nearly entire life
If this is a kid's book: - Age 16-Adult
How much dialogue in bio? - significantly more descript than dialog
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life? - 51%-75% of book
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