http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Images_of_Marie_Antoinette/ Images of Marie Antoinette Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:36:38 GMT alecker23 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Images_of_Marie_Antoinette/message/9412 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Images_of_Marie_Antoinette/message/9412 For me ,the Kirsten Dunst movie was not terrific. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:50:56 GMT Anne F http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Images_of_Marie_Antoinette/message/9411 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Images_of_Marie_Antoinette/message/9411 Janet You are absolutely correct about MA holding her head up; As a child and young lady she would have taught or forced to hold her head up, straight back, Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:49:57 GMT janet fauble http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Images_of_Marie_Antoinette/message/9410 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Images_of_Marie_Antoinette/message/9410 Oh, by the way, I did go to Debbie's website and found a few gowns there, and a reference to the gown worn by Norma Shearer, but there was no image of it Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:49:37 GMT janet fauble http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Images_of_Marie_Antoinette/message/9409 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Images_of_Marie_Antoinette/message/9409 Hi Jimmy,   In danger of being condemned here?  Hmmm...more than just the aristocracy were unfairly brought to justice at the hands of Madame Guillotine: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:38:57 GMT jimmy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Images_of_Marie_Antoinette/message/9408 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Images_of_Marie_Antoinette/message/9408 All, MA was hated before she even arrived in France, she was an Austrian. The court was tyrannical, cruel, arrogant, greedy and downright bitchy (and at the Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:38:13 GMT janet fauble http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Images_of_Marie_Antoinette/message/9407 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Images_of_Marie_Antoinette/message/9407 Oh, Tim,  no, I read the book, and did not listen to the audio tapes.  This book was given to me by a Patricia H back in the 60's.   I read it so long ago Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:35:37 GMT tim http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Images_of_Marie_Antoinette/message/9406 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Images_of_Marie_Antoinette/message/9406 quote When I read Victoria Holt's Confessions of a Queen, I was moved to tears end quote should nt that read...... when I " heard" Confessions of a Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:47:58 GMT janet fauble http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Images_of_Marie_Antoinette/message/9405 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Images_of_Marie_Antoinette/message/9405 Hello Patricia,   When I read Victoria Holt's Confessions of a Queen, I was moved to tears also when her children were taken from her. It left a far more Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:47:49 GMT janet fauble http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Images_of_Marie_Antoinette/message/9404 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Images_of_Marie_Antoinette/message/9404 George,   The letters from Antoinette to her mother are more interesting than either of these movies. Olivier Berniere has written several great books about Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:15:52 GMT George Caffine http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Images_of_Marie_Antoinette/message/9403 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Images_of_Marie_Antoinette/message/9403 Although parts of this discussion are not my cup of tea, I feel compelled to add this: Marie Antoinette was a woman in transition. From her first day in France Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:09:38 GMT janet fauble http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Images_of_Marie_Antoinette/message/9402 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Images_of_Marie_Antoinette/message/9402 Well, I had to read Jimmy's response to this post to finally find it in my email.  That is what happens to many of my posts from MA as they get buried in the Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:07:30 GMT janet fauble http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Images_of_Marie_Antoinette/message/9401 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Images_of_Marie_Antoinette/message/9401 HI Jimmy,  I could not figure out which post you had been responding to so I had to hunt for it and I finally found it...I found that Norma Shearer's Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:30:00 GMT Patricia http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Images_of_Marie_Antoinette/message/9400 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Images_of_Marie_Antoinette/message/9400 Yes, Janet...I did see the newer "Marie Antoinette" movie and while I think they did a good job of showing off the Palace at Versailles and Le Petit Trianon Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:05:32 GMT jimmy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Images_of_Marie_Antoinette/message/9399 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Images_of_Marie_Antoinette/message/9399 re: by ending where they flee paris Actually, I believe they ended the Sophia Coppolla version with the royals being dragged/escorted back to Paris after the Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:29:22 GMT iluvmiguel4evr9@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Images_of_Marie_Antoinette/message/9398 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Images_of_Marie_Antoinette/message/9398 i loved this movie as well!!! i would like to find it on vhs or dvd so i can own it. the 2005 version of MA doesn't compare. i was quite disappointed in that