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French History
The History of France
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La liberté n'est pas un aliment que tous les estomacs puissent digérer sans préparation - Jacques Pierre Brissot, Le Patriote Français
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― Révolution française
― Révolution française
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Motherhood had been metamorphosing Marie Antoinette into a more grounded and responsible woman. Her pregnancies had necessitated several months' absence from her usual round of gay amusements and she discovered that it was more fun to spend time with her children than it had been to play faro deep into the wee hours of the morning.
But her reputation as a frivolous, extravagant ninny and the marital issues in the royal bed had already demonized her in the eyes of the people at all levels of soc
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― Notorious Royal Marriages
― Notorious Royal Marriages
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