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Marie Antoinette's Head - The Royal Hairdresser, the Queen, and the Revolution (Paperback)
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Marie Antoinette's Head - The Royal Hairdresser, the Queen, and the Revolution (Paperback)
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Loot Price R379
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Winner of the Adele Mellen Prize for Distinguished Scholarship
Marie Antoinette has remained atop the popular cultural landscape
for centuries for the daring in style and fashion that she brought
to 18th century France. For the better part of the queen's reign,
one man was entrusted with the sole responsibility of ensuring that
her coiffure was at its most ostentatious best. Who was this
minister of fashion who wielded such tremendous influence over the
queen's affairs? Marie Antoinette's Head: The Royal Hairdresser,
The Queen, and the Revolution charts the rise of Leonard Autie from
humble origins as a country barber in the south of France to the
inventor of the Pouf and premier hairdresser to Queen
Marie-Antoinette. By unearthing a variety of sources from the 18th
and 19th centuries, including memoirs (including Leonard's own),
court documents, and archived periodicals the author, French
History professor and expert Will Bashor, tells Autie's mostly
unknown story. Bashor chronicles Leonard's story, the role he
played in the life of his most famous client, and the chaotic and
history-making world in which he rose to prominence. Besides his
proximity to the queen, Leonard also had a most fascinating life
filled with sex (he was the only man in a female dominated court),
seduction, intrigue, espionage, theft, exile, treason, and
possibly, execution. The French press reported that Leonard was
convicted of treason and executed in Paris in 1793. However, it was
also recorded that Leonard, after receiving a pension from the new
King Louis XVIII, died in Paris in March 1820. Granted, Leonard was
known as the magician of Marie-Antoinette's court, but how was it
possible that he managed to die twice?
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