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Here’s What Happened to Marie Antoinette’s Children
Biography via Yahoo News· 11 months agoMarie Antoinette had four children: Marie Therese, Louis-Joseph, Louis-Charles, and Sophie. Tragedy and the French Revolution tore the queen apart from...
Paris 2024 Paralympic Opening Ceremony set for Place de la Concorde
NBC Sports via Yahoo Sports· 2 years agoThe 2024 Paris Paralympic Opening Ceremony will take place at the Place de la Concorde with an...
Letter to the editor: So much for the peaceful transfer of power
The Repository via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAs we all learned in school, Maximilien Robespierre was a key figure during the French Revolution. He became a leading member of the Committee of Public Safety, or an emergency government, after ...
Vintage photos show the eerie history of Madame Tussauds, which made wax figures of murderers,...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 8 months agoJohn Tussaud, the great-grandson of Madame Tussaud, working on a model of the Irish playwright and...
The last battle of the Revolution was off India in 1783
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 5 months agoFrench ships The main parties of the American Revolution were, obviously, the Continental and...
Inside Mel Brooks’ Most Iconic Movie Lines
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 9 months agoPhoto Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Warner Bros./20th Century Fox/The below is an excerpt from ‘“You Talkin’ to ”: The Definitive...
“Marie Antoinette” Portrays the Queen as a Feminist Icon. Here’s Why Some Historians Disagree.
Biography via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe new “Marie Antoinette” series airing on PBS presents Marie Antoinette as a feminist icon, but...
Voices: ‘Napoleon’ is more progressive than you think
The Independent via Yahoo News· 7 months agoCOMMENT: Despite some flamboyant inaccuracies, Ridley Scott’s biopic starring Joaquin Phoenix is a...
Fact-checking Napoleon: how accurate is Ridley Scott’s film?
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 7 months agoNapoleon Bonaparte had many enemies, but his true nemesis is the fact checker. As countless books,...
A Look Inside Fashion's Most Private Archives
Town & Country via AOL· 7 days agoT&C was invited into the private archives and secret workshops of Paris, to glimpse the treasures that have made this city famous for its style and...
