{"product_id":"to-the-scaffold-the-life-of-marie-antoinette-9780312322052","title":"To the Scaffold: The Life of Marie Antoinette","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of history's most misunderstood figures, Marie Antoinette represents the extravagance and the decadence of pre-Revolution France. Yet there was an innocence about Antoinette, thrust as a child into the chillingly formal French court. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMarried to the maladroit, ill-mannered Dauphin, Antoinette found pleasure in costly entertainments and garments. She spent lavishly while her overtaxed and increasingly hostile subjects blamed her for France's plight. In time Antoinette matured into a courageous Queen, and when their enemies finally closed in, Antoinette followed her inept husband to the guillotine in one last act of bravery. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eTo the Scaffold\u003c\/i\u003e, Carolly Erickson provides an estimation of a lost Queen that is psychologically acute, richly detailed, and deeply moving.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDistinguished historian \u003cb\u003eCarolly Erickson\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eRival to the Queen\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Memoirs of Mary Queen of Scots\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe First Elizabeth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Hidden Life of Josephine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Wife of Henry VIII, \u003c\/i\u003e and many other prize-winning works of fiction and nonfiction. Her novel \u003ci\u003eThe Tsarina's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e won the \u003ci\u003eRomantic Times\u003c\/i\u003e Reviewer's Choice Award for Best Historical Fiction. She lives in Hawaii.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martins Press-3PL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50514036818194,"sku":"9780312322052","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_69b91cd9-927b-47b7-95dd-59dc19a76916.jpg?v=1730971127","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/to-the-scaffold-the-life-of-marie-antoinette-9780312322052","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}