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章タイトルが40ぐらいあって、それぞれがアントワネットに対し、色んな人が命じたルールになっています。結構一章ずつは短いですが、婚約から最期まで、順番に書いてあります。アントワネットの一人称で、最後の方は長女のマダム・ロワイヤルの一人称です。
アントワネットはほとんどを破っていくわけですが、ルール破りは「やりたいかもしれないけど、それをやったら駄目だろう」というのがほとんど。なるほど、これは敵を作っていくわけだと、納得できる内容です。
一言でいうと「マリー・アントワネット破滅の過程」というような歴史小説です。なぜ評判が悪くなったのか、どこで何が違えばよかったのか、どんどん悪くなる情勢の中、それでも嫌なことはひたすら無視して自分の好きなように生きる様が描かれています。
何となく釈然としないアントワネットものを続けて読んだのですが、これはとても納得できる、割り切れる内容になっています。
Jean PlaidyのVictoria Holt 名義のThe Queen's Confessionとテーマも手法も似ていますが、この本の場合、ルイが臆病者でアントワネットとの間にあまり絆もないので、余計に救いがないです。
アントワネットはほとんどを破っていくわけですが、ルール破りは「やりたいかもしれないけど、それをやったら駄目だろう」というのがほとんど。なるほど、これは敵を作っていくわけだと、納得できる内容です。
一言でいうと「マリー・アントワネット破滅の過程」というような歴史小説です。なぜ評判が悪くなったのか、どこで何が違えばよかったのか、どんどん悪くなる情勢の中、それでも嫌なことはひたすら無視して自分の好きなように生きる様が描かれています。
何となく釈然としないアントワネットものを続けて読んだのですが、これはとても納得できる、割り切れる内容になっています。
Jean PlaidyのVictoria Holt 名義のThe Queen's Confessionとテーマも手法も似ていますが、この本の場合、ルイが臆病者でアントワネットとの間にあまり絆もないので、余計に救いがないです。
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Big Hair and All!
2010/3/14
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The Bad Queen is the story of Marie-Antoinette, the queen of France who was married to King Louis XVI and ultimately was guillotined when the French Revolution happened. The story takes us from her beginnings in the Austrian Hapsburg court of Empress Maria Theresa who was Marie's mother. Marie's real name was Maria Antonia, but she had to change it to a French-sounding name when it was decided that she would be a match for the dauphin of France. She had to stop speaking German and had voice lessons in French.
This is the full and complete story of Marie and I am sure that basically the facts are true although Marie's feelings and some of her acts in this novel have been dramatically padded out - but in any case it is a good read. It details all the tutoring and practicing Marie endured before she was sent to France to be the dauphine. She had to have her teeth straightened (by wearing golden braces on her teeth) and having her hair done so that her low hairline did not make her appear unattractive (ultimately her hairdressers decided she should wear her hair up, of course). She was groomed for being queen of France before she was a mature adolescent, and every month she waited breathlessly for the onset of puberty. These parts of the story - her puberty, her wishing to grow breasts and become a woman, her attempts to become pregnant and bear a child to inherit the throne - are all handled very sensitively so that the book is suitable for young adults.
The chapters of the book are the list of dos and don'ts listed by her mother the Empress before she left for France. Some of the rules she obeyed, and some she decided to not pay attention to. She felt since she was Queen she had to put up a good front, so she spent a great fortune on her hair, her jewelry and her dresses, as well as sprucing up the palace at Versailles and making it her own. She kept spending a lot of money even though she knew that the peasant population of France was having trouble feeding itself. In the end of course she takes the blame and is executed. Overall this is a well-told story and enjoyable to read.
This is the full and complete story of Marie and I am sure that basically the facts are true although Marie's feelings and some of her acts in this novel have been dramatically padded out - but in any case it is a good read. It details all the tutoring and practicing Marie endured before she was sent to France to be the dauphine. She had to have her teeth straightened (by wearing golden braces on her teeth) and having her hair done so that her low hairline did not make her appear unattractive (ultimately her hairdressers decided she should wear her hair up, of course). She was groomed for being queen of France before she was a mature adolescent, and every month she waited breathlessly for the onset of puberty. These parts of the story - her puberty, her wishing to grow breasts and become a woman, her attempts to become pregnant and bear a child to inherit the throne - are all handled very sensitively so that the book is suitable for young adults.
The chapters of the book are the list of dos and don'ts listed by her mother the Empress before she left for France. Some of the rules she obeyed, and some she decided to not pay attention to. She felt since she was Queen she had to put up a good front, so she spent a great fortune on her hair, her jewelry and her dresses, as well as sprucing up the palace at Versailles and making it her own. She kept spending a lot of money even though she knew that the peasant population of France was having trouble feeding itself. In the end of course she takes the blame and is executed. Overall this is a well-told story and enjoyable to read.
3 人中、3人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
Not The Best
2010/3/20
形式:ハードカバー|Amazon Vine™ レビュー
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I have always loved Carolyn Meyer's Young Royals series since being introduced to it when I was about ten or eleven. As a fan of historical fiction and European royalty, these books are my cup of tea. The Bad Queen is no exception- tracing the story of Marie Antoinette, the last true and recognizable queen of France, the book is a nice break from paranomal and fantasy. However, I don't think The Bad Queen is the best in the Young Royals series- it actually ranks toward the bottom for me. I noticed when reading Meyer's In Mozart's Shadow that her writing was getting less and less impressive. For one thing, Meyer switched the POV two-thirds of the way through the story for no apparent reason, which actually harmed the overall effect of the book. Some things were delved into with great detail, while others were just skimmed over. Case in point: In The Bad Queen, there is a short chapter about the diamond necklace scandal. Nothing really happens during the chapter; it reads like a history book. I almost feel as if Meyer took Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette film (which she says gave her some inspiration for exploring Marie Antoinette's story) and condensed it, putting a sympathetic spin on the infamous queen. That isn't a bad thing, only the end result was a novel that read like a history book. For someone wanting to read good historical fiction about European royals, I'd recommend Patience, Princess Catherine or Duchessina before this one.
3 人中、3人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
A clever & interesting narrative of Marie Antoinette's life - not deep, but very interesting!
2010/3/10
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I must say I really enjoyed this book ~ this is my first read of any of Carolyn Meyer's 'Young Royals' Series, and this one, 'The Bad Queen', is a fun, young-perspective narrative of the life of Marie Antoinette. Throughout the entire book, I could really see that the author was a big fan of Sophia Coppola's film, which this book seemed to follow along those lines much of the time: the life & struggles of Marie Antoinette are told through short chapter diary entries, in which a rule that she must follow is laid out by others, and then the chapter narrates her life at that point, and how she did or did not follow that rule:
A clever & interesting interpretation of how Marie Antoinette lived, using historical facts as back-up, this book is written in such a way to make it interesting to younger readers or readers of romantic historical fiction: I would not recommend this to anyone in search of a biography or detailed historical fiction, nevertheless, I truly enjoyed this read & would be happy to read more from this author: I have read much about Marie Antoinette in the past, and the freshness of the way this is written, makes it compelling & fun to read: I really liked it!
A clever & interesting interpretation of how Marie Antoinette lived, using historical facts as back-up, this book is written in such a way to make it interesting to younger readers or readers of romantic historical fiction: I would not recommend this to anyone in search of a biography or detailed historical fiction, nevertheless, I truly enjoyed this read & would be happy to read more from this author: I have read much about Marie Antoinette in the past, and the freshness of the way this is written, makes it compelling & fun to read: I really liked it!
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