Monday, October 16, 2017

Marie Antoinette (November 2, 1755 - October 16, 1793)


The poor woman in mourning, pale under her cap.
To see that specter on the scaffold, who would believe
the widow Capet was Marie Antoinette?

--excerpt from Marie Antoinette by Paul Romilly, translated from French:

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