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About Kathryn Davis
See more books from this AuthorDavis (Walking Tour) takes liberties with the legend of Marie Antoinette in this novelization of the doomed queen's life, narrated as a series of sketches told mainly from Antoinette's point of view.
| Read Full Review of Versailles: A NovelWith each successive biography of Marie Antoinette, the French queen who met the guillotine has become more sphinxlike and obscure.
Aug 10 2002 | Read Full Review of Versailles: A NovelProbably nothing so pretty as the pensees in Kathryn Davis' impressionistic fifth novel, Versailles, which imagines being inside the young French queen's head just before -- and after -- the chopping block.
Aug 09 2002 | Read Full Review of Versailles: A NovelEmploying muted bassoons (an innovation not heard again until the 19th century) together with horns and strings, Dauvergne sets up a unique sonority for the Act V opening, colouring Hercules' death-pangs and those at his wife's betrayal with shades quite different from either the flute-driven Act...
Nov 21 2011 | Read Full Review of Versailles: A NovelWhen the photographer and film-maker Lauren Greenfield began shooting a documentary in 2007 about the American timeshare mogul David Siegel and his wife, Jacqueline, it had all the makings of several Grand Designs Christmas specials rolled into one, with a dash of The Osbournes to taste.
Sep 05 2012 | Read Full Review of Versailles: A NovelAn aggregated and normalized score based on 25 user ratings from iDreamBooks & iTunes