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Melanie Clegg
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http://www.goodreads.com/mmeguillotine
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| born |
October 10, 1974
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| gender |
female |
| place of birth |
The United Kingdom |
| website |
http://madameguillotine.org.uk |
| genre |
Historical Fiction, Young Adult, History
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| influences |
[a:Georgette Heyer|18067|Georgette Heyer|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1202767292p2/18067.jpg], [a:Edith Wharton|16|Edith Wharton|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1185204073p2/16.jpg], [a:Nancy Mitford|11624|Nancy Mitford|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1196206952p2/11624.jpg] |
about this author
A pink haired art history graduate, casual historian, GIN taster, lapsed goth, failed Parisienne, Versailles obsessive, proud Ripperologist, Georgette Heyer fanatic and Victorian Prostitute re-enactor who lives in deepest darkest Somerset with her family but would rather be in either Whitechapel or Paris.
Meticulously researched and elegantly crafted,'The Secret Diary of a Princess' is her first novel and was born from a desire to tell the story of Marie Antoinette from an unusual and yet still fascinating angle, focusing on her early life at the Viennese court, the machinations behind her betrothal to the Dauphin Louis and then finally her initial impressions of her new home, Versailles. All told by Marie Antoinette herself as she grows from an enchanting, wilful child into a poised and beautiful young woman.
Melanie's second book, 'Blood Sisters', a sweeping and dramatic saga set during the turbulent years of the French Revolution is due to be released on the 10th of August 2011.
She is currently hard at work on her third novel - an epic tale of love, ambition and betrayal set in eighteenth century London and Paris.
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