Lucy Worsley uncovers the myths and secrets that led the doomed queen to the guillotine. Find out why Marie Antoinette is often blamed for causing the French Revolution by saying “let them eat ...

Audiences eagerly await to see how Marie Antoinettes story continues to unfold and whether this season will mark the end of ...

The French Revolution, marked by its anti-clericalism ... s notorious Conciergerie prison that held such prisoners as Queen Marie Antoinette. At their trial on July 17 the public prosecutor ...

On June 20, 1791, Louis and his family, including his despised Austrian queen ... himself "Emperor of the French." John Adams had feared just such a chaotic end: A revolution of this sort ...

Marie Antoinette didn’t say let them eat cake As the story goes, when Queen Marie ... a mighty revolt from the French commoners against the monarchy, but the French Revolution was lead by ...

The French Revolution would be led by shopkeepers ... Louis decided to escape with his spectacularly unpopular queen, Marie Antoinette. On the night of the 21st June 1791, the royal family ...