Sunday, January 29, 2012

Upcoming Release: Days of Splendor, Days of Sorrow by Juliet Grey


Days of Splendor, Days of Sorrow: A Novel of Marie Antoinette is the second book in Juliet Grey's Marie Antoinette trilogy. The cover was released a few days ago (showing clear inspiration from the Vogue photoshoot for Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette film!) and the book is expected to be released on May 15th, 2012.

Amazon.com synopsis:

A captivating novel of rich spectacle and royal scandal, Days of Splendor, Days of Sorrow spans fifteen years in the fateful reign of Marie Antoinette, France’s most legendary and notorious queen.

Paris, 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.

From the early growing pains of marriage to the joy of conceiving a child, from her passion for Swedish military attaché 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.

2 comments:

  1. I adored the first novel "Becoming Marie Antoinette" and so I can hardly wait for this release. Very excited, hurry up May!

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  2. I was looking on Google Images for another book cover when I found this cover (and your post) - so glad I did!! I can't wait to read this book. And I love the cover, too :) Thank you Google for not having what I thought I wanted to find ;-)

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