The French Revolution: Marie Antoinette (TRIH ep 475, part 1)
1770 · Resource
Hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook open a multi-episode series on the French Revolution, using Marie Antoinette as a focal point to explore causes, personalities and early events. They trace her origins as Maria Antonia of the Habsburgs, the 1770 proxy marriage that made her dauphine and her rapid cultural transformation into the fashion-setting Queen at Versailles.
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