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LindaOH @LindaOHio (222806) • United States 23 Jul 19

It's 1770 and 14-year-old Maria Antonia Josepha Joanna known as Antoine (Kirsten Dunst) is a beautiful but naive youngest daughter of Austria's Empress Maria Theresa. She is chosen by her mother to marry her second cousin, the...

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May 16 - Let's discuss what happened on that date

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222806) • United States 15 May 19

National Piercing Day 1770 - 14-year-old Marie Antoinette and 15-year-old Louis-Auguste wed - Louis-Auguste will later become King of France. 1866 - The United States Congress established the nickel. 1919 - Liberace (Wladziu...

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Review: _Versailles:_ wandering, fluffy musing on a doomed queen

Rebecca Huston @Telynor (1763) • United States 20 Sep 16

Tonight's theme continues merrily along... There seems to be an awful lot of ink spilled lately on the last queen of France, the Austrian born Marie Antoinette. Take Ms. Frasier's excellent biography on the subject, told with...

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Review: _Farewell, My Queen_ is an interesting snapshot of a lost world

Rebecca Huston @Telynor (1763) • United States 20 Sep 16

One of the nice things about having a prime membership over at Amazon.com is that I have access to a wide array of foreign films. A recent selection was the film "Les adieux à la reine" -- Farewell My Queen -- set in the fading...

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Liseux @Liseux (44) • Philippines 25 Jun 08

have you remebered in your history about the reign of Queen Marie Antoinette of France??? well if you did not attend your class I tell you how the cake was related to her... At that time France is experiencing poverty. many...

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The new Marie Antoinette

sassygirlanne007 @sassygirlanne007 (4517) • United States 21 Feb 08

I just got done watching this movie. I was really good I liked it. I like the music in it,the clothes and I would love to have the bed in it. It gives a spin on history thats for sure. Have you seen it? If so did you like it?

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Just watched this movie

mflower2053 @mflower2053 (3223) • United States 4 Apr 07

I just watched this movie last night and thought it was a pretty good movie. At first I thought her new husband was into guys since he didn't really want anything to do with her for such a long time. They did say that he was...

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Louis the 16th and Marie Antoinette. . . Lovers?

gberlin @gberlin (3836) 14 Mar 07

I just saw the movie "Marie Antoinette". This question came into my mind, "Did Marie Antionette really love Louis the 16th and did Louis the 16th love Marie Antionette? What do you think?

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