498 Cooks for One Breakfast She Wouldn't Eat
18th Century

498 Cooks for One Breakfast She Wouldn't Eat

While Paris starved in 1789, Marie Antoinette's breakfast cost more than most French families earned in a year.

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18th CenturyFrench RevolutionMarie AntoinetteVersaillesRoyal CourtEconomic CrisisSocial InequalityRevolutionary PoliticsHabsburg DynastyLouis XVICourt EtiquettePublic Finance

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