Zweig's account has been the definitive biography of Marie Antoinette since its publication, inspiring Antonia Fraser and the recent film adaptation. Among his most famous works are Beware of Pity, Letter from an Unknown Woman, and Mary, Queen of Scotland and the Isles. He produced novels, plays, biographies, and journalist pieces. And in his account of ?The Revolution,' he describes her resolve during the failed escape to Varennes, her imprisonment in the Conciergerie and her final tragic destiny under the guillotine. Stefan Zweig was one of the world's most famous writers during the 1920s and 1930s, especially in the U.S., South America, and Europe. Marie Antoinette : the portrait of an average woman by Zweig, Stefan, 1881-1942. Zweig describes Marie Antoinette in the King's bedroom, in the enchanted and extravagant world of the Trianon, and with her children. Stefan Zweig based his biography of Marie Antoinette, who became the Queen of France at the age of fifteen, on the correspondence between her and her mother. His books seemed mysterious and crystal clear at the same time, dense with meaning and emotion.

Zweig analyzes the chemistry of a woman's soul from her intimate pleasures to her public suffering as a Queen under the weight of misfortune and history. 5.0 out of 5 starsStefan Zweig's Marie Antoinette Reviewed in the United States on SeptemVerified Purchase I've been fascinated with the life and works of Stefan Zweig since childhood.

Stefan Zweig based his biography of Marie Antoinette, who became the Queen of France at the age of fifteen, on the correspondence between her and her mother, and her great love the Count Axel von Fersen. International bestseller: ?The most influential biography of Marie Antoinette? (The Guardian), from the great twentieth-century writer Stefan Zweig

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