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"Marie-Antoinette was born in 1755, the youngest daughter of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria and Emperor Francis I. She was intelligent and artistic but devoid of the ambition or calculation required to survive in the fetid atmosphere of the French court. In many ways, her character was not unlike that of Mary, Queen of Scots."

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About Amanda Foreman

Amanda Foreman is a British-American biographer and historian. Her books include Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire and A World on Fire, and she has also presented historical documentary work for television.

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