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Marie Antoinette in her own words

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What Do You Think About Marianne Twanette's Letters?

The most famous anecdote that's gone down in history it's obviously not true is of course that Marianne Twanette said let them eat cake. I don't think she's ever callous and there are examples of her being extremely generous and kind but I do think that when she's young certainly she is out of touch with reality he doesn't really understand what's going on. And if you were a 15 year old and sent you know halfway across Europe to live with people you'd never met and marry a man who was totally uninterested in you you'd want all the friends you could get. So there's some truth to the vision of MarianneTwanette as you know somewhat

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