Much of his work is available from Pushkin Press. With the fall of France in 1940 Zweig left Britain for New York, before settling in Brazil, where in 1942 he and his wife were found dead in an apparent double suicide. He later moved on to Bath, taking British citizenship after the outbreak of the Second World War. Stefan Zweig based his biography of Marie Antoinette, who became the Queen of France at the age of fifteen, on the correspondence between her and her mother. In 1934, with the rise of Nazism, he moved to London, where he wrote his only novel Beware of Pity. Zweig travelled widely, living in Salzburg between the wars, and was an international bestseller with a string of hugely popular novellas including Letter from an Unknown Woman, Amok and Fear. He studied in Berlin and Vienna and was first known as a poet and translator, then as a biographer. Zweig's account has been the definitive biography of Marie Antoinette since its publication, inspiring Antonia Fraser and the recent film adaptation.Stefan Zweig (1881-1942) was born in Vienna, into a wealthy Austrian-Jewish family. And in his account of 'The Revolution', he describes her resolve during the failed escape to varennes, her imprisonment in the Conciergerie and her final tragic destiny under the guillotine. Zweig describes Marie Antoinette in the King's bedroom, in the enchanted and extravagant world of the Trianon, and with her children. Zweig analyzes the chemistry of a woman's soul from her intimate pleasures to her public suffering as a Queen under the weight of misfortune and history. First edition of the French translation, one of 70 former numbered on pure lead after. Stefan Zweig (Author) 587 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 3.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Paperback 31.92 1 Used from 26.96 4 New from 31.

Bringing to life one of the most complex characters in European historyStefan Zweig based his biography of Marie Antoinette, who became the Queen of France at the age of fifteen, on the correspondence between her and her mother, and her great love the Count Axel von Fersen. Marie Antoinette (French Edition) Paperback OctoFrench Edition by M.

Marie Antoinette by Stefan Zweig