William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn made an enormous contribution to psychoanalysis in the early part of this century although he was little known in his own lifetime. This fascinating psycho-biography of a great man of the mind gives insights into his own development and the reasons why he gave up ideas of working in the clergy, to study medicine and arrive at his Object Relations Theory, which is now receiving much wider attention around the globe. It is a fantastic book - but then I would think that: WRD Fairbairn was my grandfather.

Marie-Antoinette did *not* say the line about the cake... it was Maria Theresa, wife of Sun King Louis XIV who's supposed to have said something like: "Qu'ils mangent de la brioche". Furthermore, correspondence with her relatives indicates that Marie-Antoinette was not at all the frivolous, "wicked" queen as many picture her to be. On the contrary... she probably was rather on the prudish side, and noone has even found any proof supporting an affair with Fersen.

I just want to know how anyone can say she was good Queen. She is known for alot more than just the cake line, and it's all just as horrible.

MARIE ANTOINETTE WAS A FAIR AND GREAT QUEEN SHE JUST SAID ONE LINE AND WAS PUNISHED HER HUSBAND WAS THE ONE DOING WRONG NOT HER SHE DIDNT DESERVE WHAT SHE GOT AND I THINK ALL THE TOWN SHOULD FEEL GUILTY FOR WHAT THEY DID. SIGNED, MARIE ANTOINETTE KIMMONS