The 'Scandalous' Life of Marie Antoinette

<p>They called her a treasonous nymphomaniac who bankrupted France for diamonds and cake. The revolutionaries didn&#39;t just execute Marie Antoinette - they waged a brutal smear campaign to ruin her first. But what if almost everything you’ve been told about &#39;Madame Déficit&#39; is a lie? From fake royal sex scandals to a black-market diamond heist that brought down a monarchy, this is how a teenage Austrian princess became the most hated woman in Europe.</p><br><p>Joining Dan is Kate Williams, author of &#39;Regina: A New History of Women and Power’.</p><br><p>Produced by James Hickmann and edited my Natasha Hughes.</p><br><p>We need your help! Let us know what you want from Dan Snow&#39;s History Hit by filling in our anonymous survey here: <a href="https://forms.gle/PvgayWLkWGjYT4St6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://forms.gle/PvgayWLkWGjYT4St6</a></p><br><p>Dan Snow&#39;s History Hit is now available on YouTube! Check it out at: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@DSHHPodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/@DSHHPodcast</a></p><br><p>Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at <u><a href="https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe</a></u>.</p><br><p>You can also email the podcast directly at <a href="mailto:ds.hh@historyhit.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ds.hh@historyhit.com</a>.</p><br><p>Dan Snow&#39;s History Hit is a History Hit podcast.</p><br><p>History Hit is part of Little Dot Studios, a Certified B Corp™.</p>

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