What is the author's perspective in the biography, To the Scaffold: The Life of Marie Antoinette?

To the Scaffold is a historical biography written in a creative and descriptive style. It is written in the past tense and in the third person, but maintains a perspective that is primarily aligned with the main subject, Marie Antoinette. Erickson interprets the known events of Antoinette's life as she might have experienced them given her background and apparent character, and frequently relies on Antoinette's own letters and journal entries to allow her to speak in her own voice.