The Final Days and Execution of Marie Antoinette #history #marieantoinette

Marie Antoinette was executed at 15 minutes past 12 on Wednesday 16th of October 1793. Both Marie's head and body were burred in a mass grave. The soon to be famous Madame Tussaud made a wax sculpture of Marie's face while the gravediggers had paused to eat lunch and had left the body unattended. 22 years later she was reinterred here a the Basillica Saint-Denis on the outskirts of Paris, France with her husband Louis XVI during the Bourbon Restoration.

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Evelyn Edwards is a successful American actress, history presenter and photographer. She has appeared on such shows as National Geographic’s Hydrogen vs. Hindenburg, Bosch, Criminal Minds, Castle, The Mentalist, Parenthood, The Thundermans, The Kicks, Marry Me, Outsourced, the Academy Award winning film Her, and the film Mimi which reached #1 in multiple countries.
Evelyn began her career in opera. She has performed with some of the opera industry’s leading conductors and singers including: Placido Domingo, Valery Gergiev, Kent Nagano, Eva Marton, Vladimir Chernov, Goesta Winburg, and others.
She has had the privilege of working with such famed directors as Oscar winner Maximilian Schell, Julie Taymor, Gian-Carlo Del Monaco, and Lotfi Mansuri during her tenure with Los Angeles Opera. Ms. Edwards made her professional singing debut at the age of 13, operatic debut at 19, and national television commercial debut at six months.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree and Masters of Music Degree from UCLA and a Professional Studies Diploma from Mannes College of Music. She and her husband Chris love exploring the world and sharing their passion and love for castles, history and photography together.