{"title":"Juliet Grey","description":"Juliet Grey is the author of Becoming Marie Antoinette and Days of Splendor, Days of Sorrow. She has extensively researched European royalty and is a particular devotee of Marie Antoinette, as well as a classically trained professional actress with numerous portrayals of virgins, vixens, and villainesses to her credit. She and her husband divide their time between New York City and Washington, D.C.","products":[{"product_id":"becoming-marie-antoinette-paperback","title":"Becoming Marie Antoinette - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis enthralling confection of a novel, the first in a new trilogy, follows the transformation of a coddled Austrian archduchess into the reckless, powerful, beautiful queen Marie Antoinette.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhy must it be me?\u003c\/i\u003e I wondered. \u003ci\u003eWhen I am so clearly inadequate to my destiny?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRaised 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBefore she can journey from sunlit picnics with her sisters in Vienna to the glitter, glamour, and gossip of Versailles, Antonia must change \u003ci\u003eeverything\u003c\/i\u003e about herself in order to be accepted as dauphine of France and the wife of the awkward teenage boy who will one day be Louis XVI. Yet nothing can prepare her for the ingenuity and influence it will take to become queen. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFilled with smart history, treacherous rivalries, lavish clothes, and sparkling jewels, \u003ci\u003eBecoming Marie Antoinette\u003c\/i\u003e will utterly captivate fiction and history lovers alike. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eBecoming Marie Antoinette\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A thoroughly enjoyable novel, brimming with delightful details. Grey writes eloquently and with charming humor, bringing 'Toinette' vividly to life as she is schooled and groomed--molded, quite literally--for a future as Queen of France, an innocent pawn in a deadly political game.\"\u003cb\u003e--Sandra Gulland, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eMistress of the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e and the Josephine Bonaparte trilogy\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"In her richly imagined novel, Juliet Grey meticulously recreates the sumptuous court of France's most tragic queen. Beautifully written, with attention paid to even the smallest detail, \u003ci\u003eBecoming Marie Antoinette\u003c\/i\u003e will leave readers wanting more!\"\u003cb\u003e--Michelle Moran, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eMadame Tussaud\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A lively and sensitive portrait of a young princess in a hostile court, and one of the most sympathetic portrayals of the doomed queen.\"\u003cb\u003e--Lauren Willig, bestselling author of the Pink Carnation series\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Wonderfully delectable and lusciously rich, an elegant novel to truly savor. Juliet Grey's Marie Antoinette is completely absorbing.\"\u003cb\u003e--Diane Haeger, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Queen's Rival\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[A] sympathetic take on the fascinating and doomed Marie Antoinette.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50103191175391,"sku":"9780345523860","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/8kbDqis7XT9780345523860.webp?v=1781090461"},{"product_id":"days-of-splendor-days-of-sorrow-a-novel-of-marie-antoinette-paperback","title":"Days of Splendor, Days of Sorrow: A Novel of Marie Antoinette - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA captivating novel of rich spectacle and royal scandal, \u003ci\u003eDays of Splendor, Days of Sorrow\u003c\/i\u003e spans fifteen years in the fateful reign of Marie Antoinette, France's most legendary and notorious queen\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eParis, 1774. At the tender age of eighteen, Marie Antoinette ascends to the French throne alongside her husband, Louis XVI. But behind the extravagance of the young queen's elaborate silk gowns and dizzyingly high coiffures, she harbors deeper fears for her future and that of the Bourbon dynasty. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the early growing pains of marriage to the joy of conceiving a child, from her passion for Swedish military attach  Axel von Fersen to the devastating Affair of the Diamond Necklace, Marie Antoinette tries to rise above the gossip and rivalries that encircle her. But as revolution blossoms in America, a much larger threat looms beyond the gilded gates of Versailles--one that could sweep away the French monarchy forever.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50104482431199,"sku":"9780345523884","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/src-n8bygj9780345523884.webp?v=1781108406"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/juliet-grey.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}