Flaunting, Extravagant Queen
  • Published: 3 December 2007
  • ISBN: 9780099493389
  • Imprint: Arrow
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 496
  • RRP: $50.00

Flaunting, Extravagant Queen

(French Revolution)

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15 Feb 2011
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3 Dec 2007
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Jean Plaidy's last French Revolution novel, featuring the tragic Marie Antoinette

At the age of fifteen, Marie Antoinette, beautiful and charming bride to the impotent Dauphin, is plunged into the intrigue of Versailles. Frivolous and reckless, she flouts the strict and demanding etiquette of the glittering court, and discovers the true nature of love, hate and jealousy.

But the clouds of revolution are overhead, and Marie Antoinette, who only wishes to enjoy life, learns too late that the price of her enjoyment is very high...


'One of our best historical novelists brings to life wayward, capricious Marie Antoinette' News Chronicle

'Flaunting, Extravagant Queen has the colour, liveliness, and sensitivity with which one has come to associate this author's historical novels' Scotsman
  • Published: 3 December 2007
  • ISBN: 9780099493389
  • Imprint: Arrow
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 496
  • RRP: $50.00
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About the author

Jean Plaidy

Jean Plaidy, one of the preeminent authors of historical fiction for most of the twentieth century, is the pen name of the prolific English author Eleanor Hibbert, also know as Victoria Holt. Jean Plaidy's novels had sold more than 14 million copies worldwide by the time of her death in 1993.

Also by Jean Plaidy

The Battle of the Queens
The Captive Queen of Scots
Castile for Isabella
Daughters of Spain
The Bastard King
The Lion of Justice
The Passionate Enemies
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Praise for Flaunting, Extravagant Queen

These books are page-turners; they offer a wonderful way to learn about history, their heroines are smart, strong and in control of their destinies and their stories will remain with you for ever...They are a celebration of women's spirit throughout history.

Daily Express

Full-blooded, dramatic, exciting

Observer

This recaptures the colour and the lusty dishonesty of the French and English courts of the 16th century. Plaidy addicts will love it

Evening Standard

Outstanding

Vanity Fair

Jean Plaidy conveys the texture of various patches of the past with such rich complexity

Guardian

Jean Plaidy doesn't just write the history, she makes it come alive.

Julia Moffat, RNA