In a recent study employing a technique called X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy, scientists discovered formerly redacted phrases on eight letters between Marie Antoinette and the Swedish count Axel ...

Everyone’s heard of Marie Antoinette. Everyone associates her with a fabricated quote about cake, ostentatious fashion, and decapitation. More then two centuries after her death, she’s still a pop ...

NO queen has received more posthumous affection than Marie-Antoinette. A steady throb of emotion, discernible on two continents, can be traced to her adorers. As the symbol of all aristocratic virtue ...

A new book sheds light on the French Queen and her forbidden love for a Swedish artistocrat There were secret codes, invisible ink for passionate clandestine letters – and two love children who ...

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Society can turn cruel and bloodthirsty toward those at the top. Julius Caesar, Mary Queen of Scots, Mahatma Gandhi, Presidents Lincoln and Kennedy … the list is so long, we can’t be expected to ...