Biography of Marie Antoinette by Stefan Zweig
Viking Press first edition 1933 | |
| Author | Stefan Zweig |
|---|---|
| Original title | Marie Antoinette. Bildnis eines mittleren Charakters |
| Translator | Eden Paul Cedar Paul |
| Language | German |
| Publisher | Insel-Verlag |
Publication date | 1932 |
| Publication place | Germany |
Published in English | 1933 |
| Pages | 639 |
Marie Antoinette: The Portrait of an Average Woman (German: Marie Antoinette. Bildnis eines mittleren Charakters) is a 1932 biography of the French queen Marie Antoinette by Austrian writer Stefan Zweig.
The Viking Press published the first English-language edition, translated by Eden and Cedar Paul, in 1933.[1] The book was the basis for the 1938 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film, Marie Antoinette, starring Norma Shearer.[2]