How the Affair of the Diamond Necklace changed history—and why 18th-century jewelry remains an eternal holy grail.

As the author of the standard biography of her husband, Louis XVI, John Hardman has every qualification for turning his attention to Marie Antoinette. Of course, that alone does not guarantee that ...

A new genre of biography and ‘lives’, as well as obituaries ... Napoleon and Garibaldi – it could also be all-consuming and provoke hostility, as Marie Antoinette, among others, learned to her cost.

A diamond necklace that has been worn at two British coronations, and is thought to contain stones from the infamous necklace ...

A 300-carat necklace, whose diamonds have been linked to a scandal involving the last French queen Marie Antoinette, sold ...

Marie Antoinette Boullard-Devé settled in Indochina in the early 1920s where she traveled and painted, depicting the local inhabitants and their culture. In the International Colonial Exhibition of ...

Marie Antoinette didn’t say let them eat cake As the story goes, when Queen Marie Antoinette heard that the French peasants were starving and didn’t have enough bread, she exclaimed “Let ...

One of Lossow's best-known portraits, Marie Antoinette (oil on canvas), fetched $14,173 at auction. The painting showcases the artist’s mastery of light and shadow, capturing the subject's delicacy ...

Polish-born physicist Marie Curie (1867 - 1934) her husband, French chemist Pierre Curie and their daughter, Irene, in the garden of their French home in 1902. Photo / Getty Images Book review ...

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