Marie Antoinette Execution II – Lovers
Grim Philly
English - September 19, 2022 09:00 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsHistory Religion & Spirituality history podcast philadelphia podcast serial killer dark history true crime Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Marie Antoinette Execution I – Guillotine
Grim explores The French Queen’s relationship with her lover Axel Von Fersen, her imprisonment, and escape attempts. Newly decoded secret letters between lovers using x-ray fluorescence spectroscopy from the French National Archives are discussed. As is The French King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette’s political and social ineptitude leading up to the Reign of Terror and French Revolution. Historians Joe Wojie and Britnee Smith are joined by historians Ted Sisco, Cassie Coxon, and Morgan Haller in a discussion of the final days of Marie Antoinette. And, love-interests of The French Queen before her 1793 execution by guillotine.