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Catriona Seth rexamines what Marie Antoinette\u2019s letters can reveal about the life and character of the doomed Queen of France <\/p>

By Ellie Cawthorne\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 13 February 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Marie Antoinette is a historical figure who has been much mythologised \u2013 as callous, superficial, extravagant and out of touch with reality. But if we go back to the original sources and examine her own letters, what kind of woman emerges? Speaking to Ellie Cawthorne, Catriona Seth reveals what the Queen of France\u2019s correspondence can tell us about her life and character \u2013 from her early years as a teenaged royal bride, to her eventual downfall in the French Revolution.<\/p>\n\n

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