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Marie Antoinette exhibit traces the tastes and tragedy of a misunderstood queen
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PARIS -- Condemned to death at the guillotine, a sleepless Marie
Antoinette scrawled a farewell message to her son and daughter in
her prayer book. "My eyes have no more tears to weep for you, my
poor children; adieu, adieu!"
Was Marie Antoinette really the haughty, scatterbrained
spendthrift she is often remembered as? A fascinating new exhibit in
Paris uses artifacts and portraits to trace the life of a frivolous
girl who became a patroness of the decorative arts and a loving
mother....
