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It’s the second erotica-tinged incident lately for the embattled government. Photo by Daniel Pier NurPhoto via Getty Images Simultaneous release with the William Morrow hardcover (Reviews, May 29). Naslund's writing is clear and vivid, but offers little for those seeking a deeper understanding of the reign of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.

The abridgment reinforces this focus by cutting little early on, then skipping quickly from one incident to another as the revolution evolves. All this may or may not be historically true, but it leaves listeners with Marie's diary-style descriptions of her personal and court life: the Dauphin's sexual limitations, the birth of her children, her clothes and hairstyles, girlish friendships and expensive banquets. Her love affair with a Swedish diplomat is strictly platonic and her inability to empathize with the French people is laid to her paternalistic advisers. ) portrays Marie as Little Mary Sunshine until the moment of her death by guillotine at age 38. Unfortunately, Burney continues in this insipid tone throughout her reading, which is understandable as Naslund ( Ahab's Wife Appropriately, Burney begins her performance in the adorable upper registers of the 14-year-old Marie Antoinette, shipped to France by her mother, the Empress of Austria, to marry the 15-year-old Dauphin and peacefully conjoin France and Austria.

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