The tragic destiny of Marie-Antoinette
- Ariane Bilheran
- Jan 28, 2024
- 9 min read
Ariane Bilheran's Lucarne (Skylight), in Antipresse 426 - January 28, 2024.
There is perhaps no more glaring example of exploitation for political ends than the case of this woman caught in the clutches of history before being crushed by it. Yet this was the condition for a rather ordinary life to be transformed into a sublime destiny. Foreshadowing the thousands of innocent victims of totalitarian madness.
"Every human being truly continues to live after death only as long as there is someone on earth to love him."
Stefan Zweig, Marie Antoinette.
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