Marie Antoinette

Abundance: A Novel of Marie Antoinette

• UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 56 mins)
• By Sena Jeter Naslund
• Narrated By Susanna Burney

Marie Antoinette was a child of 14 when she was made to leave her family and country to become the wife of another child, France's 15-year-old King Louis the XVI. Far from home and suddenly thrust not only into the role of a woman and wife, but of a queen, Marie Antoinette lived an astonishing, though short, existence.

Marie Antoinette: The Journey

• UNABRIDGED (20 hrs and 26 mins)
• By Antonia Fraser
• Narrated By Donada Peters

France's iconic queen, Marie Antoinette, wrongly accused of uttering the infamous "Let them eat cake", was alternately revered and reviled during her lifetime. For centuries since, she has been the object of debate, speculation, and the fascination so often accorded illustrious figures in history. Married in mere girlhood, this essentially lighthearted child was thrust onto the royal stage and commanded by circumstance to play a significant role in European history.

Marie Antoinette, Her Family and Confidantes: The French Revolution Series

• UNABRIDGED (49 mins)
• By Encyclopaedia Britannica
• Narrated By Peter Johnson

The editors of the Encyclopaedia Britannica are pleased to present The French Revolution Series. Here you will learn about the grandeur and opulence of the French régime, as well as its chaotic downfall and the new order that rose from its ashes. In this edition, the editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica examine the lives of Marie Antoinette, her friends, family members, and closest allies.

Marie Therese, Child of Terror: The Fate of Marie Antoinette's Daughter

• UNABRIDGED (18 hrs and 14 mins)
• By Susan Nagel
• Narrated By Rosalyn Landor

Nagel tells a remarkable story of an astonishing woman, from her birth, to her upbringing by doting parents, through to Revolution, imprisonment, exile, Restoration, and, finally, her reincarnation as saint and matriarch.

To the Scaffold: The Life of Marie Antoinette

• UNABRIDGED (14 hrs and 47 mins)
• By Carolly Erickson
• Narrated By Davina Porter

To this day Marie Antoinette remains one of history’s most misunderstood heroines. How she triumphed over the petty jealousies and backstairs rivalries of the court, how she sustained a good-hearted but malleable king, and how she was transformed from French queen to Austrian “whore,” is the story told with skill and fascinating detail.

Becoming Marie Antoinette: A Novel

• UNABRIDGED (16 hrs and 27 mins)
• By Juliet Grey
• Narrated By Juliet Grey
• Whispersync for Voice-ready

Raised alongside her numerous brothers and sisters by the formidable empress of Austria, ten-year-old Maria Antonia knew that her idyllic existence would one day be sacrificed to her mother’s political ambitions. What she never anticipated was that the day in question would come so soon.

Marie Antoinette

• ABRIDGED (6 hrs and 29 mins)
• By Antonia Fraser
• Narrated By Lindsay Duncan

Marie Antoinette's dramatic life-story continues to arouse mixed emotions. To many people, she is still 'la reine mechante', whose extravagance and frivolity helped to bring down the French monarchy; her indifference to popular suffering epitomised by the (apocryphal) words: 'let them eat cake'. Others are equally passionate in her defence: to them, she is a victim of misogyny.

Marie-Antoinette: The Last Queen of France

• UNABRIDGED (14 hrs and 37 mins)
• By Evelyne Lever
• Narrated By Lorna Raver

Married for political reasons at the age of fourteen, Marie Antoinette was naive, impetuous, and ill-equipped for the role in which history cast her. From her birth in Vienna in 1755 through her turbulent, unhappy marriage, the bloody turmoil of the French Revolution, her trial for high treason during which she was accused of incest, and her final beheading, Marie Antoinette's life was the tragic tale of disastrous circumstances colliding.

The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette: A Novel

• ABRIDGED (5 hrs and 14 mins)
• By Carolly Erickson
• Narrated By Maggi-Meg Reed

Imagine that, on the night before she is to die under the blade of the guillotine, Marie Antoinette leaves behind in her prison cell a diary telling the story of her life, from her privileged childhood as Austrian Archduchess to her years as glamorous mistress of Versailles to the heartbreak of imprisonment and humiliation during the French Revolution.

Marie Antoinette

• UNABRIDGED (20 hrs and 17 mins)
• By Antonia Fraser
• Narrated By Eleanor Bron

Marie Antoinette's dramatic life-story continues to arouse mixed emotions. To many people, she is still 'la reine mechante', whose extravagance and frivolity helped to bring down the French monarchy; her indifference to popular suffering epitomised by the (apocryphal) words: 'let them eat cake'. Others are equally passionate in her defence: to them, she is a victim of misogyny.

The French Revolution: Kings, Queens and Guillotines

• UNABRIDGED (13 hrs and 6 mins)
• By Encyclopaedia Britannica
• Narrated By Peter Johnson

The editors of the Encyclopaedia Britannica are pleased to present the world of Marie-Antoinette and the French Revolution - from the grandeur and opulence of the French régime to its chaotic downfall and the new order that rose from its ashes. Here you will learn about the extravagant history of the royal Palace of Versailles with its Hall of Mirrors and extensive gardens, and the lavish court style of Louis XVI.

England's Mistress: The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton

• UNABRIDGED (15 hrs and 1 min)
• By Kate Williams
• Narrated By Josephine Bailey
• Whispersync for Voice-ready

Emma Hamilton was England's first superstar. She fought her way out of dire poverty to become a fashion icon, an Ambassador's wife, a confidante of both Marie Antoinette and the Queen of Naples, and the mistress of Lord Nelson, England's greatest military hero.

Meeting of Minds: Volume II

• ORIGINAL (1 hr and 57 mins)
• By Steve Allen
• Narrated By Steve Allen, Joseph Earley, Jayne Meadows

This Is Audible, October 12, 2007

• NONE (54 mins)
• By Josephine Reed

Marie Antoinette was executed on this day 304 years ago - we look at a novel about her life called Abundance. Then, a new book examines a Christian college out to remake the world. Maggie Linton speaks to the author of God's Harvard. Also, we take a listen to Stephen Colbert's new book I Am America (And So Can You!). And, we celebrate an October literary birthday: Mario Puzo. But we begin with Maggie and today's top ten classic fiction downloads from audible.com®.

The New Yorker (Oct. 23, 2006)

• NONE (1 hr and 58 mins)
• By Steve Coll, Dan Baum, Jason Roeder, and others

"Nuke Rebuke" by Steve Coll; "Arriba!" by Dan Baum; "Thieves Are Everywhere" by Jason Roeder; "Mink Inc." by Lauren Collins; "The Nutty Professors" by Anthony Grafton; and "Lost in the Revolution" by Anthony Lane.

The Bob Edwards Show, Sena Jeter Naslund, Joel Rasmussen, and Andrew Shapter, November 15, 2006

• ABRIDGED (57 mins)
• By Bob Edwards

"Let them eat cake." It is the most famous thing Marie Antoinette never said. In her new novel Abundance: A Novel of Marie Antoinette, Sena Jeter Naslund dispels the myth of a coldhearted, extravagant, merciless queen. Then, Bob speaks with Joel Rasmussen and Andrew Shapter, the creators of Before the Music Dies. The film is an in-depth look at how the music industry is hurting music and our ability to enjoy it.