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Marie Antoinette Series 1
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Marie Antoinette is just a teenager when she’s forced to leave Vienna to marry the Dauphin of France. But how will she react to the complex rules of etiquette in Versailles?

Marie Antoinette is just a teenager when she’s forced to leave Vienna to marry the Dauphin, the heir to the French throne. She must produce a Bourbon heir to secure the alliance between France and Austria, but she is as unprepared for her job as her awkward teenage husband. How will this free spirit react to Versailles, with its complex rules of etiquette?

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Sat 21 Jan 2023 01:40
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Marie Antoinette Emilia SchΓΌle
Louis XV James Purefoy
The Dauphin Louis Cunningham
Count of Provence Jack Archer
Princess of Lamballe Jasmine Blackborow
Victoire de France Caroline Piette
Adelaide de France Crystal Shepherd-Cross
Count of Mercy Nathan Willcocks
Director Pete Travis
Writer Deborah Davis

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