Caroline Weber

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Caroline Weber is assistant professor of Romance languages at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Queen of Fashion: What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution (2006) 614 exemplaren

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Geboortedatum: 1969-09-08
Geslacht: female
Nationaliteit: USA
Woonplaatsen: New York, New York, USA
Opleiding: Harvard University (1991, BA in Literature)
Yale University (1998, Ph.D. in French literature)
Beroepen: professor
Organisaties: University of Pennsylvania (Assistant Professor of Romance languages)
Barnard College (Associate Professor of French)

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Queen of fashion : what Marie Antoinette wore to… door Caroline Weber

Interesting reading.

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Kiri | 14 andere besprekingen | Dec 24, 2023 |

Queen of fashion : what Marie Antoinette wore to… door Caroline Weber

I am the person who grabs the history book, fiction or HF if I have a choice. I kind of wish I would have passed on this one.

Though I am not a "fashion-plate" in any sense of the word, this was a spin on Marie Antionette and The French Revolution that I thought would be fun. Some parts were, others were dry and overly long. One other reviewer said it reminded them of a dissertation. Agree.

If you are a scholar of French or Austrian history, go for it. If not, put it back on the shelf.… (meer)

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JBroda | 14 andere besprekingen | Sep 24, 2021 |

Queen of Fashion: What Marie Antoinette Wore to the… door Caroline Weber

4.0 stars

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the_lirazel | 14 andere besprekingen | Apr 6, 2020 |

Queen of Fashion: What Marie Antoinette Wore to the… door Caroline Weber

Will fully admit to skimming through great quantities of pages in order to get through this book. The subject matter is interesting to me; however, I found the writing style to be extremely boring.

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