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Marie Antoinette of Austria – Madame Déficit

Thursday, 2 November 2017, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 1

Her Majesty has given birth to a small yet perfectly healthy Archduchess. – Count Khevenhüller The Archduchess On the morning of 2 November 1755, Maria Theresa gave birth to her 15th child, a daughter named Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna, they would call her Antoine. Like her siblings before her, her early youth was spent with [read more]

Maria Carolina of Austria – Queen of Naples

Sunday, 13 August 2017, 0:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Youth Maria Carolina of Austria was born on 13 August 1752 as the daughter of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria and Francis of Lorraine. She was the third daughter to carry this name, as two elder sisters with the same name died in infancy. Her full name was Maria Carolina Louise Josepha Joanna Antonia. Maria [read more]

March 2017 Book News

Saturday, 25 February 2017, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Elizabeth: The Forgotten Years Paperback – 30 March 2017 (UK & US) History has pictured Elizabeth I as Gloriana, an icon of strength and power — and has focused on the early years of her reign. But in 1583, when Elizabeth is fifty, there is relentless plotting among her courtiers — and still to come [read more]

The Ruin of a Princess – Marie Thérèse of France

Friday, 7 October 2016, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 3

Marie Thérèse was born at the Palace of Versailles on 19 December 1778 as the daughter of King Louis XVI of France and his wife, Marie Antoinette (Maria Antonia of Austria). Her birth came seven years after her parents’ marriage and her gender was a disappointment, though not for Marie-Antoinette who said, “Poor little one, [read more]

I Love You Madly: Marie-Antoinette and Count Fersen: The Secret Letters by Evelyn Farr Book Review

Friday, 16 September 2016, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 1

Delve deeper into the world of the BBC hit drama series Versailles, and discover the real Marie-Antoinette in this ground-breaking study of her secret love affair with the Swedish diplomat Count Axel von Fersen. For the first time an historian has compiled all the known letters between Swedish count Axel von Fersen and Marie-Antoinette, including six [read more]

August Book News

Saturday, 23 July 2016, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

I Love You Madly: The Secret Letters of Marie-Antoinette and Count Fersen Hardcover – 7 July 2016 (UK ) & 1 August 2016 (US) The doubts which still remain about the exact nature of the relationship between Marie-Antoinette and Count Axel Fersen have largely been fostered by redacted editions of their correspondence in which only [read more]