Up for sale today we have "Crowned By The Academie Francaise - THE LIFE OF MARIE ANTOINETTE--By MAXIME DE LA ROCHETERIE--Translated From The French By CORA HAMILTON BELL--IN TWO VOLUMES - VOL. I(& VOL. II)--New York - DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY - 1893"(First American Edition, translated from the 1874 French First Edition)--

       Here we have a two volume set of books about Marie Antoinette, the last Queen of France, and the last member of the French Royal Family to be beheaded during the French Revolution. This book takes an in-depth look at her life, and tries to sort out the truth from all the lies and conjectures that had been spread about her during her lifetime. The author is an admitted partisan admirer of the former Queen, but she does her best to present a fair and impartial view of her life.  It goes into her political dealings as well, from her attempting to keep the alliance with her birth kinsman in Austria intact(she was the daughter of the Austrian Emperor), to her pressuring the French court to support the American rebellion, a key factor in helping the United States win its independence from England.--

     THIS IS A WORN BUT STILL ATTRACTIVE TWO VOLUME SET OF BOOKS, WHICH MEASURES 9 BY 6 INCHES IN DIAMETER--EACH BOOK HAS TEN PORTRAIT ENGRAVINGS, EACH WITH ITS PROTECTIVE TISSUE GUARD AND ARE 352 AND 377 PAGES, OR A TOTAL OF 729 PAGES IN ALL-THIS IS A FAIRLY GOOD, COLLECTABLE QUALITY COPY OF THIS TWO VOLUME SET--I BELIEVE THIS IS THE ONLY COMPLETE TWO VOLUME FIRST EDITION SET AVAILABLE ON EBAY, WITH PRICES FOR ODD VOLUMES AT $40 AND UP--I AM PUTTING THIS UP FOR SALE AT A REASONABLE BUY-IT-NOW PRICE WITH FREE SHIPPING, OR FEEL FREE TO SUBMIT YOUR BEST OFFER--GARY FROM HAUNTED MANSION RELIX