Six Weeks to Teach a Queen French
18th Century Europe

Six Weeks to Teach a Queen French

A Habsburg princess arrived in France unable to speak a word of French—and the man hired to fix that had exactly six weeks before she became queen.

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18th CenturyFranceVersaillesRoyal CourtsMarie LeszczyńskaLouis XVPolandCourt Politics

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