Marie Antoinette (by Antonia Fraser)

I read Fraser's Wives of Henry VIII a few years ago and absolutely loved it; Marie Antoinette is equally good. Meticulously researched and extraordinarily interesting if you are interested in history, royalty, or the truth behind the upcoming Sofia Coppola film. There are a lot of people who had it a lot worse off than Marie Antoinette, in spite of the unfair and cruel ways in which she was treated, but you can still sympathize with her story, or at least I found that I could. Makes me want to go back to France and visit Versailles. Highly recommended.