Product Overview
Author: Meachen Rau, Dana
Series: Who Was?
Age Range: 8 - 12 years
Paperback: 112 pages
Publisher: Penguin Workshop
Marie Antoinette led a charmed life. She was born into royalty in 1755 and married the future king of France at age 15. By 21 she ascended to the throne and enjoyed a lavish lifestyle of masquerade balls, sky-high wigs, and extravagant food. Her taste for excess angered the poor people of France and they blamed Marie Antoinette for their poverty. Her spending helped incite the French Revolution. And after much public outcry, in 1793 she quite literally lost her head because of it.Â
