Marie Antoinette’s fashion is iconic to this day. But how did she go from frumpy Austrian Archduchess to the reigning Queen of Couture? Three people were behind Marie Antoinette’s fashion transformation. Meet Rose Bertin, Léonard Autié, and Jean-Louis Fargeon. Rose was the Minister of Fashion, Léonard the hairdresser, and Jean-Louis the perfumer and cosmetics purveyor. Tune in!

Fashion Victims: Dress at the Court of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette by Kimberley Chrisman-Campbell - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21945057-fashion-victims

Marie Antoinette's Head: The Royal Hairdresser, the Queen, and the Revolution by Will Bashor - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17572143-marie-antoinette-s-head

A Scented Palace: The Secret History of Marie Antoinette's Perfumer by Elisabeth de Faydeau - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/214919.A_Scented_Palace

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Marie Antoinette was accused of having affairs with numerous men and women. But there was only one who held her heart. There’s no denying her fondness for Axel von Fersen, but were the two actually lovers? Tune in to learn more about Marie Antoinette’s sultry Swedish sidepiece and his tragic end.

Kirsten Dunst & Jamie Dornan in Marie Antoinette - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9ZUz8GGem8

Axel von Fersen bio on the Versailles official site - http://en.chateauversailles.fr/discover/history/great-characters/axel-von-fersen

Research on letters between Marie Antoinette and Axel von Fersen - https://www.worldcrunch.com/tech-science/decoding-marie-antoinettes-mystery-love-letters-to-a-swedish-baron

TAKE THIS WITH A MASSIVE GRAIN OF SALT: I Love You Madly: Marie-Antoinette and Count Fersen: The Secret Letters by Evelyn Farr - https://www.goodreads.com/fr/book/show/30072742-i-love-you-madly

Did Marie Antoinette really say, “Let them eat cake?” NO! Then where did the phrase come from and how did it get attributed to her? Today, we’re talking cake, brioche, and Enlightenment philosophers!

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Powder your wig and add an extra hoop to your skirt, today we’re talking all things Marie Antoinette. Who were her lovers? Did she cause the French Revolution? Did she actually say, “Let them eat cake”? We’ll discuss all that and more on today’s episode.

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Non-fiction

Marie Antoinette: The Journey by Antonia Fraser - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17157.Marie_Antoinette

Fiction

Becoming Marie Antoinette (Trilogy) by Juliet Grey - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9951003-becoming-marie-antoinette

The Mistresses of Versailles (Trilogy) by Sally Christie - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33362126-the-sisters-of-versailles

Marie Antoinette: Serial Killer by Katie Alender - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16139598-marie-antoinette-serial-killer

Podcasts

Marie Antoinette on Queens Podcast - http://queenspodcast.libsyn.com/marie-antoinette-episode-13

Marie Antoinette on Noble Blood - http://noblebloodtales.com/

Movies

Marie Antoinette (2006) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0422720/

Farewell, My Queen (2012) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1753813

Perfume

La Reine Antoinette - https://www.immortalperfumes.com/imported-products/marie-antoinette-inspired-perfume-oil

Bonus!

Song: Versailles by Thylacine - http://en.chateauversailles.fr/node/821/versailles-thylacine

Marie Antoinette’s Enduring Mystique - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/16/arts/marie-antoinette-exhibition-Paris.html

Hofburg Palace - https://www.hofburg-wien.at/en/

Schönbrunn Palace - https://www.schoenbrunn.at/en/

Happy Halloween listeners! In honor of my favorite holiday, I send you off into the last creepy night of October with the story of Elizabeth Bathory, the inspiration behind modern vampire lore and the most prolific female serial killer in history. Bathory is said to have bathed in the blood of virgins to stay young and beautiful with a victim count as high as 600 and as low as 50. Tune in for all the bloody details.

Countess Dracula by Tony Thorne - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1174971.Countess_Dracula

Astonishing Legends: Elizabeth Bathory Part 1 -https://www.astonishinglegends.com/al-podcasts/2019/6/21/blood-bathory-part-1

Serial Killers: Elizabeth Bathory - https://www.iheart.com/podcast/409-serial-killers-28186923/episode/the-blood-countess-elizabeth-bathory-29783846/

House of Bathory by Linda Lafferty - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18184303-house-of-bathory

Soulless by Gail Carriger - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6381205-soulless

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