The script, by the director with Filippo Gravino, traces Louis and Marie ... of Louis XVI is stripped to a faded, festering husk of itself in "The Flood," a stark study of the king's last days ...

Marie Antoinette was known - and eventually beheaded - for her lavish spending. The last Queen of France and her husband, King Louis XVI met their untimely ends after squandering their vast ...

Versailles, one of the grandest royal palaces in the world. In 1789, it was home to King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette. But everything was to change with the French Revolution, when the ...

Marie Antoinette didn’t say let them eat ... but the French Revolution was lead by the bourgeoisie from the start. In May 1789, King Louis XVI called a meeting of the Estates-General, to try ...

Soon the French monarchy would be abolished, and the next year both Marie Antoinette and her husband, Louis XVI, would be beheaded. “In this time, people used a lot of flowery language — but ...

The BBC has acquired the second instalment of the period series, Marie Antoinette ... pleasure of fans. Louis is set to reprise his role as the King of France, Louis XVI, who is at the height ...

The Israeli museum that owns the famous creation by Breguet had been loath to lend it, but then the Science Museum in London ...

Immerse yourself into the world of Versailles’ lavish decor, opulent dresses, and palace gossip as Marie Antoinette returns to PBS for Season 2. After finally finding their footing in Season 1 ...