Another #sentenceoftheday #amreading #biography #marieantoinettethejourney #booksky #LouisXV "It was not until three o'clock on the afternoon of 10 May 1774 that the candle that stood in the window of Louise XV during his ordeal was extinguished."
April 14, 2026 at 4:46 AM
Another #sentenceoftheday #amreading #biography #marieantoinettethejourney #booksky #LouisXV "It was not until three o'clock on the afternoon of 10 May 1774 that the candle that stood in the window of Louise XV during his ordeal was extinguished."
#sentenceoftheday #booksky #amreading #marieantoinettethejourney #biography #antoniafraser #tragiccharacters "The Queen stayed in bed for eighteen days, her ladies watching over her night and day in large armchairs with backs that let down as beds."
April 15, 2026 at 8:39 PM
#sentenceoftheday #booksky #amreading #marieantoinettethejourney #biography #antoniafraser #tragiccharacters "The Queen stayed in bed for eighteen days, her ladies watching over her night and day in large armchairs with backs that let down as beds."
The first mention of Robespierre in Marie Antoinette: the Journey occurs on p. 344. Only a hundred more pages to go!
#booksky #marieantoinettethejourney #antoniafraser #frenchrevolution #readmorewomen #amreadinghistory
#booksky #marieantoinettethejourney #antoniafraser #frenchrevolution #readmorewomen #amreadinghistory
April 23, 2026 at 12:36 PM
The first mention of Robespierre in Marie Antoinette: the Journey occurs on p. 344. Only a hundred more pages to go!
#booksky #marieantoinettethejourney #antoniafraser #frenchrevolution #readmorewomen #amreadinghistory
#booksky #marieantoinettethejourney #antoniafraser #frenchrevolution #readmorewomen #amreadinghistory
#MarieAntoinettethejourney #booksky #sentenceoftheday #MarieAntoinette #amreadingbiography "The next day, Maundy Thursday, both King & Queen washed the feet of the poor in an ancient ceremony to commemmorate Easter Week." (The Bastille had already fallen and they were practically prisoners)
April 20, 2026 at 2:45 AM
#MarieAntoinettethejourney #booksky #sentenceoftheday #MarieAntoinette #amreadingbiography "The next day, Maundy Thursday, both King & Queen washed the feet of the poor in an ancient ceremony to commemmorate Easter Week." (The Bastille had already fallen and they were practically prisoners)
#amreading #marieantoinettethejourney #antoniafraser #amreadingbiography #sentenceoftheday #booksky #frenchrevolution "She had, after all, been treated as a doll, to be dressed up in this and that at the adults' whim since childhood . . . "
April 10, 2026 at 3:01 PM
#amreading #marieantoinettethejourney #antoniafraser #amreadingbiography #sentenceoftheday #booksky #frenchrevolution "She had, after all, been treated as a doll, to be dressed up in this and that at the adults' whim since childhood . . . "
#sentenceoftheday #marieantoinettethejourney #amreadingbiography #booksky #marieantoinette #beforetherevolution "When the guest of honour arrived, he discovered the whole party singing Gluck."
April 18, 2026 at 4:04 PM
#sentenceoftheday #marieantoinettethejourney #amreadingbiography #booksky #marieantoinette #beforetherevolution "When the guest of honour arrived, he discovered the whole party singing Gluck."
#amreading #amreadingbiography #marieantoinettethejourney #antoniafraser #booksky #sentenceoftheday It was true that it was easier to make love to a pretty woman than a plain one, but that was about the measure of the difference.
April 6, 2026 at 4:40 PM
#amreading #amreadingbiography #marieantoinettethejourney #antoniafraser #booksky #sentenceoftheday It was true that it was easier to make love to a pretty woman than a plain one, but that was about the measure of the difference.
#amreadingbiography #marieantoinettethejourney #sentenceoftheday #booksky #versailles "The Princesse de Chimay favored monkeys despite the celebrated occasion when her monkey ran wild in her boudoir, plastering himself w/ rouge & powder in imitation of his mistress b4 bounding in2 the supper room."
April 14, 2026 at 1:47 AM
#amreadingbiography #marieantoinettethejourney #sentenceoftheday #booksky #versailles "The Princesse de Chimay favored monkeys despite the celebrated occasion when her monkey ran wild in her boudoir, plastering himself w/ rouge & powder in imitation of his mistress b4 bounding in2 the supper room."
#amreadingbiography #marieantoinettethejourney #biography #booksky #sentenceoftheday "That weight caused concern to the grandfather of the groom, King Charles Emmanuel, since the 14-year-old bride was fat already, and would get fatter still in Savoy: French women always enlarged on Italian food ..."
April 14, 2026 at 4:30 PM
#amreadingbiography #marieantoinettethejourney #biography #booksky #sentenceoftheday "That weight caused concern to the grandfather of the groom, King Charles Emmanuel, since the 14-year-old bride was fat already, and would get fatter still in Savoy: French women always enlarged on Italian food ..."
Still another #sentenceoftheday #marieantoinettethejourney #amreading #biography #booksky "The weight of this robe, due 2 the richness of the jeweled embroidery, was so great that Bertin, a woman of fearless spirit ... proposed that the Duchesse should convey it . . .on an expensive stretcher."
April 14, 2026 at 6:32 AM
Still another #sentenceoftheday #marieantoinettethejourney #amreading #biography #booksky "The weight of this robe, due 2 the richness of the jeweled embroidery, was so great that Bertin, a woman of fearless spirit ... proposed that the Duchesse should convey it . . .on an expensive stretcher."
#sentenceoftheday #booksky #amreading #marieantoinettethejourney #biography "Marie Antoinette could reach for nothing herself; the handing over of a garment . . . for her to put on was a jealously guarded privilege."
April 12, 2026 at 12:06 AM
#sentenceoftheday #booksky #amreading #marieantoinettethejourney #biography "Marie Antoinette could reach for nothing herself; the handing over of a garment . . . for her to put on was a jealously guarded privilege."
#booksky #marieantoinette #frenchrevolution #amreadingbiography #marieantoinettethejourney
An hr & a half after Louis XVI's carriage leaves Orbeval, Drouet and another dragoon set off in hot pursuit. These are the first 2 men in France to see the King escaping! Drouet's name will go down in history.
An hr & a half after Louis XVI's carriage leaves Orbeval, Drouet and another dragoon set off in hot pursuit. These are the first 2 men in France to see the King escaping! Drouet's name will go down in history.
April 21, 2026 at 10:43 PM
#booksky #marieantoinette #frenchrevolution #amreadingbiography #marieantoinettethejourney
An hr & a half after Louis XVI's carriage leaves Orbeval, Drouet and another dragoon set off in hot pursuit. These are the first 2 men in France to see the King escaping! Drouet's name will go down in history.
An hr & a half after Louis XVI's carriage leaves Orbeval, Drouet and another dragoon set off in hot pursuit. These are the first 2 men in France to see the King escaping! Drouet's name will go down in history.
#amreading #MarieAntoinettetheJourney #biography #antoniafraser #booksky About the unfortunate Louis XVI: "There was some kind of gene of fatness in this branch of the Bourbon family, which may have been glandular in origin."
April 7, 2026 at 5:51 AM
#amreading #MarieAntoinettetheJourney #biography #antoniafraser #booksky About the unfortunate Louis XVI: "There was some kind of gene of fatness in this branch of the Bourbon family, which may have been glandular in origin."
#booksky #marieantoinettethejourney #thefrenchrevolution #marieantoinette #amreadingbiography I'm 3/4 of the way thru this book. There is only 1 way for the royal family's fortunes 2 go - i.e. down. 18 hrs after fleeing Paris, some1 makes the King when he sticks his head out of the window at Orbeval
April 21, 2026 at 5:21 PM
#booksky #marieantoinettethejourney #thefrenchrevolution #marieantoinette #amreadingbiography I'm 3/4 of the way thru this book. There is only 1 way for the royal family's fortunes 2 go - i.e. down. 18 hrs after fleeing Paris, some1 makes the King when he sticks his head out of the window at Orbeval
#sentenceoftheday #amreadingbiography #frenchrevolution #marieantoinettethejourney #louisxvi #booksky "At one point the King attempted to pacify the gathering crowds by appearing before them & announcing that he had no intention of leaving France & furthermore would return . . . "
April 23, 2026 at 5:03 AM
#sentenceoftheday #amreadingbiography #frenchrevolution #marieantoinettethejourney #louisxvi #booksky "At one point the King attempted to pacify the gathering crowds by appearing before them & announcing that he had no intention of leaving France & furthermore would return . . . "
Someone should have told Louis XVI: Never stick your head out of the carriage window. Especially when you're being chased by an angry mob who want to escort you to the guillotine. #amreadingbiography #marieantoinettethejourney #frenchrevolution #booksky
April 21, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Someone should have told Louis XVI: Never stick your head out of the carriage window. Especially when you're being chased by an angry mob who want to escort you to the guillotine. #amreadingbiography #marieantoinettethejourney #frenchrevolution #booksky
#amreadingbiography #marieantoinettethejourney #highlyrecommend #frenchrevolution #booksky Drouet, the former dragoon, had retired from the army & become postmaster of Obreval. When the king looked out the carriage window in Obreval, Drouet overheard a postilion say "Take the road to Varennes."
April 22, 2026 at 1:07 AM
#amreadingbiography #marieantoinettethejourney #highlyrecommend #frenchrevolution #booksky Drouet, the former dragoon, had retired from the army & become postmaster of Obreval. When the king looked out the carriage window in Obreval, Drouet overheard a postilion say "Take the road to Varennes."
#marieantoinette #biography #marieantoinettethejourney #booksky #sentenceoftheday Louis XVI is finally persuaded 2 flee! But it's too late. "The King was last seen by his 2 valets, the senior Lemoine & the boy Pierre Hubert, at 20 past, when the heavy curtains of his great bed were formally drawn."
April 20, 2026 at 5:28 PM
#marieantoinette #biography #marieantoinettethejourney #booksky #sentenceoftheday Louis XVI is finally persuaded 2 flee! But it's too late. "The King was last seen by his 2 valets, the senior Lemoine & the boy Pierre Hubert, at 20 past, when the heavy curtains of his great bed were formally drawn."
Ugh, I cannot stand the fact that Marie Antoinette was told she could leave w her son, but she refused to leave her husband behind, so instead they arranged to escape. We all know how that ended. THEY SHOULD HAVE LET THE KING FEND 4 HIMSELF. #amreadingbiography #marieantoinettethejourney #booksky
April 20, 2026 at 6:42 AM
Ugh, I cannot stand the fact that Marie Antoinette was told she could leave w her son, but she refused to leave her husband behind, so instead they arranged to escape. We all know how that ended. THEY SHOULD HAVE LET THE KING FEND 4 HIMSELF. #amreadingbiography #marieantoinettethejourney #booksky
2nd #sentenceoftheday #amreadingbiography #marieantoinettethejourney #antoniafraser #booksky #funfact By 1780 French women were said to use 2 million pots of rouge a year.
April 12, 2026 at 4:19 AM
2nd #sentenceoftheday #amreadingbiography #marieantoinettethejourney #antoniafraser #booksky #funfact By 1780 French women were said to use 2 million pots of rouge a year.
Another #sentenceoftheday #amreadingbiography #marieantoinettethejourney #fashion #booksky "Don't be dressed up and don't wear big hats, because the carriage is only a barouche."
April 16, 2026 at 3:14 AM
Another #sentenceoftheday #amreadingbiography #marieantoinettethejourney #fashion #booksky "Don't be dressed up and don't wear big hats, because the carriage is only a barouche."
#amreadingbiography #marieantoinettethejourney #antoniafraser #womenwriters #booksky #sentenceoftheday About King Ferdinand: "Although an ugly prince, he is not absolutely repulsive . . . at least he does not stink."
April 9, 2026 at 6:33 AM
#amreadingbiography #marieantoinettethejourney #antoniafraser #womenwriters #booksky #sentenceoftheday About King Ferdinand: "Although an ugly prince, he is not absolutely repulsive . . . at least he does not stink."
I am so depressed at the capture of the royal family in Marie Antoinette: the Journey that I signed up for a year of Britbox. #amreadingbiography #marieantoinettethejourney #frenchrevolution #booksky
April 22, 2026 at 8:46 PM
I am so depressed at the capture of the royal family in Marie Antoinette: the Journey that I signed up for a year of Britbox. #amreadingbiography #marieantoinettethejourney #frenchrevolution #booksky
After reading #marieantoinettethejourney, I find that Marie Antoinette was way smarter than her husband Louis XVI, and should have been allowed to rule.
April 21, 2026 at 5:59 PM
After reading #marieantoinettethejourney, I find that Marie Antoinette was way smarter than her husband Louis XVI, and should have been allowed to rule.