Becoming Marie Antoinette: A Novel Free Audiobook Download by Juliet Grey

Juliet Grey was born in France in 1774 and lived through the French Revolution. She wrote a novel about Marie Antoinette, the queen of France, of her own experiences during the revolution. The story is read by Juliet Grey in this audiobook version.

Juliet Grey tells the story of Marie Antoinette, a young woman who is married to King Louis XVI of France. Langueuil, a Frenchwoman and friend of Marie Antoinette's mother, brings up the idea of becoming queen when they are visiting Versailles as guest as it was Marie Antoinette's birthday. When she becomes queen, she discovers that there is so much more to court than she anticipated including conflicting personalities, power struggles, and difficult decisions.

The novel starts off with a scene in 1789, when the French Revolution is on the horizon. The novel focuses on a young girl named Marie-Antoinette, who accompanies her family to France for an arranged marriage. As she gets older, she begins to assert herself and make decisions that don't quite fly in the court of Versailles. Eventually, this leads to the French Revolution, when everyone's life is turned upside down.

Juliet Grey is the author of a novel about Marie Antoinette and her life in France during the French Revolution. This book follows Antoinette's journey from an inexperienced struggling teenage girl to a young woman who becomes intimate with the French aristocracy.

Marie Antoinette is one of the most famous female rulers in history. She was the last queen of France and married Louis XVI. For many years, Marie Antoinette went under the radar as she attended social gatherings, wore extravagant dresses, and drank champagne during her time. However, it was not long before she became a public figure. Then on October 17th, 1789, a vendor named Honoré Gaultier publicized a poster that said "Long Live the Queen." Soon after, an anti-monarchist mob stormed Versailles Palace and killed Marie Antoinette by breaking her neck and stabbing her with a dagger.

This dry, insightful and witty historical novel chronicles the life of Marie Antoinette, from her first miserable years as the teenage daughter of a minor prince in Austria to her final days as Queen of France.