Marie Antoinette. A Portrait of an Ordinary Character

Marie Antoinette was destined to become the Queen of France, born under an unhappy star.

Carefree and trusting, she perceived life as a series of pleasures and entertainments, unaware that beyond the palace existed another world, mired in poverty and hatred.

Spoiled by the admiration of courtiers, she did not understand how fleeting the attention of the crowd was and how short the reign of power could be.
When France was engulfed in the flames of the Great Revolution, a web of intrigues spread behind the queen – she was called the embodiment of all vices and was cast to the guillotine.

So what truly brought about the downfall of Marie Antoinette: the rage of the mob, the treachery of the aristocracy, or her own frivolity?