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Marie Antoinette Portrait Painted by Jean-Baptiste André Gautier-Dagoty in 1775

From Versailles to the Guillotine: Who Was Marie Antoinette?

The life and legacy of France’s last queen

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Ilustration of the Great riot at the Astor Place opera house.

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How a violent rivalry led to an over 400-year...

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The Macabre History of the King’s Drops

Powdered skulls and gruesome remedies abounded in early modern Europe.

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