The extravagant queen; How Marie Antoinette's fashions doomed her.(BOOKS)

From: The Washington Times | Date: January 21, 2007 | Copyright information

Byline: Corinna Lothar, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

She was pretty, charming and a princess. At 14, she was married to the heir to the throne of France to cement a political alliance; at 19 she became queen of a kingdom approaching bankruptcy. She was extravagant, an avid gambler and a good mother; she loved beautiful clothes and jewelry. An Austrian, she began her life in France admired and imitated; she ended reviled and hated. She died at age 38.

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