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May 2024
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Marie Antoinette, Queen of France

Lindsay Holiday
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Marie Antoinette, Queen of France was a naive young woman under a great deal of pressure and expectation. Her out-of-thouch excesses infuriated the people and contributed to the French Revolution and her downfall.

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