Yes, I know the secret diary of Marie Antoinette has been done to death and then some, but there must be a reason why this is a popular way of telling the doomed Queen’s story. This is my first attempt at first person writing and I am really enjoying it.
I wanted to focus on aspects of Marie Antoinette that other writers have ignored or down played such as her relationhsips with her siblings and the almost byzantine grandeur of the Imperial court in Vienna, which was more than a match for Versailles.
As for me, I am an Art History graduate residing in the West of England with my husband and children. I am passionate about French histoy, art and architecture and this heavily influences my writing, which I regard as a fun pastime while I look after my children.
Please feel free to comment either to me or ‘Antonia’.
I hope you enjoy the blog. Please bear in mind that this is a work of FICTION (although a heavily researched one as you will see when I get round to adding a bibliography link on here) so no using any of it to write essays unless you are absolutely certain of its veracity.
