A work such as this, which brings together in one handy volume the authentic and interesting facts about Marie Antoinette from ... the few men who kept a level head throughout the Revolution ...

Entrusted to a coiffeur and passed down through her daughter, the Marie-Thérèse Pink returns to the spotlight at Christie’s ...

The 10.38-carat gemstone, which carries an estimate of $3 million to $5 million, was owned by generations of European royalty ...

Marie Antoinette combined her natural hair and artificial hairpieces to create a base for a huge model frigate right on top of her head (6). This became part of an enduring trend: celebrating ...

but for the head of the Queen. Why? According to historian Antonia Fraser: "The real work of [Marie Antoinette's] destruction had been done long before by satire, libel and rumour." Marie ...