To kill a queen
Dec 27, 2019
2 minutes
The tragic tale of Marie-Antoinette, the queen of France who perished under the guillotine at the height of the French Revolution, has long fascinated novelists, film-makers and the public. Like many princesses, she was a pawn, married off at 14 to secure an alliance between Austria and France. Her husband, Louis, took seven years to– her personal chateau and Normandy-style village – in the grounds of Versailles.
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