Catriona Seth, Marshal Foch Professor of French Literature at the University of Oxford, visits the Wallace Collection in London on the trail of objects that once belonged to Marie-Antoinette. With Dr Helen Jacobsen, Senior Curator and Curator of French 18th-century Decorative Arts, the Wallace Collection, London.

Music | Excerpts from Orphee et Euridice (Paris Version) by Gluck, licensed courtesy of Naxos Music UK Ltd.

Production ChromeRadio for TORCH / Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, University of Oxford, Producer - Catriona Oliphant.