AGS in Paris Alumnus Will Bashor Publishes Biography on French Queen Marie Antoinette's Hairdresser

American Graduate School in Paris Alumnus H. Will Bashor (Ph.D. in International Relations and Diplomacy, 2000), recently published his latest book, Marie Antoinette's Head: The Royal Hairdresser, the Queen and the Revolution (New York: Lyons Press 2013). A biography of Leonard Autie, this book traces his rise from his humble origins as a country barber in Southern France to his prominent role as premier hairdresser and confidente to the the French Queen Marie-Antoinette. The book was designated as a "Must-read" by the New York Post and awarded the Adele Mellen Prize for Distinguished Scholarship.

David Wingeate Pike, professor at the American Graduate School in Paris, writes: "For this book I have nothing but praise. The book is so well researched, so well written, so totally readable that it will appeal to a very wide public....” 

Will Bashor is currently a professor of Global Issues at Franklin University. An expert on French history, he is a member of the Society for French Historical Studies and recently presented at their annual meeting (2013) in Cambridge, sponsored by Harvard University. His previous publications include The Moon Treaty Paradox (Bloomington, Xlibris 2004), which is based on his American Graduate School in Paris Ph.D. dissertation.