Antoinette's upbringing was strict, but intelligent, and it is to the credit of both that after an impossible marriage had been arranged for them, they managed to make it work and even became notably fond of one another. Louis spent his childhood lonely in the scandalous community of two of France's most shocking courtesans, Mesdames Pompadour and Du Barry, and undoubtedly they contributed to his hangups. Tracing the birth and upbringing of both Louis and Antoinette, he at Versailles and she in Vienna under the brilliant but domineering Maria Theresa, makes an interesting contrast. They were spoken a century earlier by another Queen, Marie Therese, Spanish- born wife of Louis XIV, and were familiar to young Jean Jacques Rousseau in 1737, 18 years before Antoinette's birth. Indeed such words are almost inconceivable on anyone's lips in the humanitarian late 18th century. Reviews aren't verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when it's identified. Antoinette too has been tagged with a bad line: If they have no bread, let them eat cake. Louis Xiv by Vincent Cronin - Etsy This Biographies & Autobiographies item by ThriftBooksVintage has 2 favorites from Etsy shoppers. Tear at top left corner less than an inch. Dust Jacket is slightly worn at edges and at opening. Tight bright book with no marks or stamps. Vincent Archibald Patrick Cronin FRSL ( 25 January 2011) was a British historical, cultural, and biographical writer, best known for his biographies of Louis XIV, Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, Catherine the Great, and Napoleon, as well as for his books on the Renaissance.
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