![]() ![]() Naslund's childhood interest in Marie Antoinette was re-piqued after she completed "Ahab's Wife" and was thinking of future book projects. ![]() Naslund, who lives in Louisville, Ky., is the author of the best-selling novels "Ahab's Wife" and "Four Spirits," and is one of the headline authors at the Sarasota Reading Festival, to be held Nov. "To me that was very frightening, that a person of such privilege could be brought so low as to lose her head by the guillotine," said the author, whose next novel, "Abundance: A Novel of Marie Antoinette," will be published this fall by William Morrow. (Marie Antoinette) was born to the role of being a princess, but then she lost her position and her power and her prestige." Not to mention her head. "In a fairy tale, there's a person who works hard, who's neglected and who becomes a princess. "Her story was like a reverse fairy tale to me," said Naslund. ![]() Eighteenth-century French queen Marie Antoinette has fascinated author Sena Jeter Naslund since childhood. ![]()
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