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Abundance by Sena Jeter Naslund

Abundance

A Novel of Marie Antoinette

by Sena Jeter Naslund
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  • First Published:
  • Oct 3, 2006, 560 pages
  • Paperback:
  • May 2007, 592 pages
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Fascinating Portrait
Naslund's portrait of Marie Antoinette makes the doomed queen a much more multifacted and interesting character than previous historical novels. The technique of interweaving letters between her and her mother with the narration of events worked quite well.
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