Items relating to the death of Marie Antoinette go on display in London, including the guillotine possibly used to execute ...
Marie Antoinette had four children, but tragedy and the French Revolution tore the queen apart from her offspring.
The history of the French Revolution shows that clamping down on dissent cannot heal political and cultural hatreds.
On Oct. 16, 1793, following her conviction for treason, French Queen Marie Antoinette, wife of Louis XVI, was beheaded on the ...