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Marie Antoinette: The Journey
by Antonia Fraser
 (5/2/2002)
Antonia Fraser's book on Marie Antoinette will not be listed as one of her better works. Ms. Fraser is so obviously, painfully, an Antoinette devotee. There is little to no historical objectivity in this book and there are factual errors.

I am deeply disappointed in thismore
Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire
by Amanda Foreman
 (5/2/2002)
The author, Amanda Foreman, admits to being in love with her subject, but I don't think it diminishes the book at all. It is, mostly, an objective look at a woman and her life in all it's glory and sorrows. I came away feeling sorry for Georgianna, even though she createdmore
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