On My Wishlist – 10

Posted by kay on July 16, 2011 11:25 am in Book talk | 9 comments

On My Wishlist is a fun weekly event hosted by Book Chick City and runs every Saturday. It’s where we list all the books we desperately want but haven’t actually bought yet. They can be old, new or forthcoming. Click on the link to Book Chick City, sign the Mr. Linky and join the fun!

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This is, without a doubt, probably my most waited-for novel this year – especially now that I finally have my hands on Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children!

It’s true that historical fiction hasn’t been my main focus since I started blogging, but once upon a time, it was about all I read. France has always been one of my favorite places, even before we went last year, and the history there is so rich I could probably spend a lifetime just reading about it. Marie-Antoinette is without a doubt one of its most intriguing characters, but for me there’s also a connection that’s a touch more personal, as here era is what begins the period I am focusing on for my master’s degree.

Becoming Marie-Antoinette by Juliet Grey

Summary from Goodreads :

Why must it be me? I wondered. When I am so clearly inadequate to my destiny?

Raised alongside her numerous brothers and sisters by the formidable empress of Austria, ten-year-old Maria Antonia knew that her idyllic existence would one day be sacrificed to her mother’s political ambitions. What she never anticipated was that the day in question would come so soon.

Before she can journey from sunlit picnics with her sisters in Vienna to the glitter, glamour, and gossip of Versailles, Antonia must changeeverything about herself in order to be accepted as dauphine of France and the wife of the awkward teenage boy who will one day be Louis XVI. Yet nothing can prepare her for the ingenuity and influence it will take to become queen.

What is at the top of your wishlist right now?