Évelyne Lever (known simply in English as Evelyne Lever) is a contemporary French historian and writer. She was married to a French historian, Maurice Lever, who is the author of ''Sade''. Lever was previously a research engineer at

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, and then began to focus more on 18th-century history. In particular, she focuses on certain people, including

Louis XVI Louis XVI (Louis-Auguste; ; 23 August 1754 – 21 January 1793) was the last king of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution. The son of Louis, Dauphin of France (1729–1765), Louis, Dauphin of France (son and heir- ...

Marie Antoinette Marie Antoinette (; ; Maria Antonia Josefa Johanna; 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793) was the last List of French royal consorts, queen of France before the French Revolution and the establishment of the French First Republic. She was the ...

and

Madame de Pompadour Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour (, ; 29 December 1721 – 15 April 1764), commonly known as Madame de Pompadour, was a member of the French court. She was the official chief mistress of King Louis XV from 1745 to 1751, and rema ...

. ''Marie Antoinette: The Last Queen of France'' was her first book to be published in the United States. It is less extensive than Lever's French version (''Marie-Antoinette : la dernière reine''), and was written specifically for an American audience. The book was originally planned to be the basis of

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's 2006 film ''

'', before her final decision of using

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's '' Marie Antoinette: The Journey'' instead. She continues to write on and about 18th-century history.

Publications

; French * ''1792, les procès de Louis XVI et de Marie-Antoinette'', Complexe * ''Louis XVIII'', Fayard, 1988 * ''Louis XVI'', Fayard, 1991 * ''Mémoires du baron de Breteuil'', édition critique, Paris, François Bourin, 1992 * ''Marie-Antoinette : La dernière reine'', collection «

Découvertes Gallimard (, ; in United Kingdom: ''New Horizons'', in United States: ''Abrams Discoveries'') is an Collection (publishing), editorial collection of Book illustration, illustrated monographic books published by the Éditions Gallimard in Pocket edition, ...

» (nº 402). Paris: Éditions Gallimard, 2000 * ''Madame de Pompadour: A Life'', (with) Catherine Temerson, trad. by Catherine Temerson, St. Martin's Press, 2003 * ''L'Affaire du Collier'', Fayard, 2004 * ''Les dernières noces de la monarchie. Louis XVI et Marie-Antoinette'', Fayard, 2005 * ''Lettres intimes (1778–1782) : Que je suis heureuse d'être ta femme'', (written by) Marquis de Bombelles and Marquise de Bombelles, prefaced by Évelyne Lever, Tallandier, 2005 * ''C'était Marie-Antoinette'', Fayard, 2006 * ''Marie-Antoinette, correspondance (1770–1793)'', edition established and presented by Évelyne Lever * ''Marie-Antoinette : Journal d'une reine'', Tallandier, coll. "Texto", 2008 * ''Le Chevalier d’Eon : " Une vie sans queue ni tête " '', with Maurice Lever, Fayard, 2009 ; English * ''Marie Antoinette: The Last Queen of France'', New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 2000

References

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