Évelyne Lever

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 CNRS, and then began to focus more on 18th-century history. In particular, she focuses on certain people, including Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette and Madame de Pompadour.

''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 Sofia Coppola's 2006 film ''Marie Antoinette'', before her final decision of using Antonia Fraser's ''Marie Antoinette: The Journey'' instead.

She continues to write on and about 18th-century history. Provided by Wikipedia