My intention when I embarked on the feat of writing this book was to produce an entertaining, reasonably short and easy to digest history of France’s most infamous Queen, which would hopefully provide readers with an interesting introduction to her life. I consulted several books while writing and have listed some of the most useful here in the hopes that it might inspire more reading.
Marie Antoinette - Ian Dunlop
Marie Antoinette - Joan Haslip
Marie Antoinette: The Last Queen of France - Evelyne Lever
Marie Antoinette: The Journey - Antonia Fraser
Louis and Antoinette - Vincent Cronin
Marie Antoinette - André Castelot
Imperial Mother, Royal Daughter - Olivier Bernier
Versailles: A Biography of a Palace - Tony Spawforth
Royal Palaces of France - Ian Dunlop
Versailles - Ian Dunlop
Queen of Fashion: What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution - Caroline Weber
Before the Deluge - Evelyn Farr
Memoirs of Madame de la Tour du Pin
Voices of the Revolution - Peter Vansittart
Citizens - Simon Schama
Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire - Amanda Foreman
Marie Antoinette - RMN exhibition catalogue
Madame Élisabeth: Une Princesse au Destin Tragique - exhibition catalogue
Chère Marie Antoinette - Jean Chalon
Threshold of Terror - Rodney Allen
Portraits de femmes - Olivier Blanc
Fashion Victims - Kimberly Chrisman-Campbe
La Mode à la Cour de Marie Antoinette - Juliette Trey
Madame du Barry - Joan Haslip
Madame Elisabeth - Margaret Trouncer
Blood Sisters - Marilyn Yalom
The Terror - David Andress
1789 - David Andress
The Great Nation - Colin Jones
The French Revolution - Christopher Hibbert
The Fall of the French Monarchy - Munro Price
The Lost King of France - Deborah Cadbury
Dancing on the Precipice - Caroline Moorehead
The Scented Palace - Elisabeth de Feydeau
The Untold Love Story - Evelyn Farr
The Terror - Graeme Fife