Marie Antoinette's World

Author's Note

Introduction

Family Tree

Chronology

Part I: Enigmatic Versailles

1 Louis XIII's Château of Debauchery

2 Louis XIV's Reign of Bosoms and Cockles of the Heart

3 The Parc-aux-Cerfs: Louis XV's Private Bordello

À Savoir: Marie Antoinette's Handwriting (Vienna, Austria)

Part II: Marie Antoinette, Dauphine of France (1770-1774)

4 The Strawberry Blonde Arrives

5 New Friends, New Enemies, and the Princes Charmants

6 Fans and the Art of Seduction

À Savoir: Marie Antoinette's Handwriting (1770-1774)

Part III: The Barren Queen's Temptations (1774-1778)

7 Gallant Pursuers

8 Décampativos and Risky Diversions

9 Questionable Relationships with Women

À Savoir: Marie Antoinette's Handwriting (1774-1778)

Part IV: The Queen's Regrets (1778-1792)

10 Charlot and Toinette's Love Affairs: A Play Stolen from V--

11 The Austrian Woman on the RAMPAGE, or the Royal Orgy: An Operatic Proverb

12 Description of the Royal Menagerie of Living Animals

13 Filth, Sex, and Erotica in Magnificence

? À Savoir: Marie Antoinette's Handwriting (1778-1792)

Part V: A Queen Dethroned and Diseased (1792-1793)

14 Maladies Vénériennes at the Court of Versailles

15 Maladies Vénériennes and the Unthinkable

16 Cancer Rising and Sun in Scorpio

? À Savoir: Marie Antoinette's Handwriting (1792-1793)

Part VI: The Verdict

17 The Last Testament

18 Guilty?

Acknowledgments

Notes

Selected Bibliography

List of Illustrations and Credits

Index

About the Author