Upcoming Release: A Day with Marie-Antoinette: An Intimate Portrait of Her Life at Versailles

A new release from Flammarion, set to be published next May! I can't wait for this one!

Amazon.com synopsis:

This beautifully illustrated book sheds new light on the personal life of Marie Antoinette and reveals hidden aspects of her Versailles. Marie Antoinette was a mirror of her time. Never before has a queen been so passionately admired and adulated, then hunted, vilified, and defamed. From the young queen playing a shepherdess on stage, unaware of the turmoil in the capital, to France’s "martyr queen," the author demystifies the legend, unveiling the woman behind the queen, and the wife and mother behind the sovereign.By tracing her footsteps through Versailles, discovering her voice through her letters, and encountering little-known works in her private art collection, the reader gains new insight on the tragically brief life of a passionate, sensitive, dramatic, and captivating woman. Organized chronologically, with lavish new photography and a wealth of unpublished material, this is a nuanced portrait of Marie Antoinette and her Versailles.

Upcoming Release: Marie Antoinette’s Head: The Royal Hairdresser, The Queen, and the Revolution by Will Bashor

Marie Antoinette’s Head: The Royal Hairdresser, The Queen, and the Revolution by Will Bashor

Release Date: October 2013

Amazon.com description:

Marie Antoinette has remained atop the popular cultural landscape for centuries for the daring in style and fashion that she brought to 18th century France. For the better part of the queen’s reign, one man was entrusted with the sole responsibility of ensuring that her coiffure was at its most ostentatious best. Who was this minister of fashion who wielded such tremendous influence over the queen’s affairs? Marie Antoinette’s Head: The Royal Hairdresser, The Queen, and the Revolution charts the rise of Leonard Autie from humble origins as a country barber in the south of France to the inventor of the Pouf and premier hairdresser to Queen Marie-Antoinette.

By unearthing a variety of sources from the 18th and 19th centuries, including memoirs (including Léonard’s own), court documents, and archived periodicals the author, French History professor and expert Will Bashor, tells Autie’s mostly unknown story. Bashor chronicles Leonard’s story, the role he played in the life of his most famous client, and the chaotic and history-making world in which he rose to prominence. Besides his proximity to the queen, Leonard also had a most fascinating life filled with sex (he was the only man in a female dominated court), seduction, intrigue, espionage, theft, exile, treason, and possibly, execution. The French press reported that Léonard was convicted of treason and executed in Paris in 1793. However, it was also recorded that Léonard, after receiving a pension from the new King Louis XVIII, died in Paris in March 1820. Granted, Leonard was known as the magician of Marie-Antoinette’s court, but how was it possible that he managed to die twice?

Upcoming Marie Antoinette and French Revolution releases for 2013

Upcoming/New Releases in Fiction

Welsh Poetry of the French Revolution, 1789-1805  by Cathryn A. Charnell-White (February 15th, 2013)

The Queen's Necklace by Antal Szerb (June 11th, 2013)

Confessions of Marie Antoinette: A Novel by Juliet Grey (Sep 24th, 2013)

Marie Antoinette, Serial Killer by Katie Alender (October 2013)

Upcoming/New Releases in Non-Fiction

The Sentimental Theater of the French Revolution: Performing Virtue by Cecilia Feilla (March 28th, 2013)

Paris Reborn: Napoléon III, Baron Haussmann, and the Quest to Build a Modern City by Stephane Kirkland (April 2nd, 2013)

The Fantastic and European Gothic: History, Literature and the French Revolution by Matthew Gibson (April 15th, 2013)

The French Revolution in Global Perspective by Suzanne Desan, Lynn Hunt and William Max Nelson (April 16th, 2013)

Family Romance of the French Revolution by Lynn Hunt (May 24th, 2013)

Louis XVI and the French Revolution by Alison Johnson (May 31st, 2013)

Footsteps of Liberty and Revolt: Essays on Wales and the French Revolution by Mary-Ann Constantine and Dafydd Johnston (June 15th 2013)

Writing the Revolution: A French Woman's History in Letters by Lindsay A. H. Parker (July 2nd, 2013)

Massacre at the Champ de Mars: Popular Dissent and Political Culture in the French Revolution by David Andress (July 18th, 2013)

From Marie Antoinette's Garden: AN Eighteenth Century Horticultural Album by Elisabeth de Feydeau (Sep 3rd, 2013)

The French Revolution: Faith, Desire and Politics by Noah Shusterman (October 13th, 2013)