“The truth is that, in times of turmoil, people look for a scapegoat to sacrifice. Marie Antoinette just happened to be the French Revolution's favorite It girl. To be fair, Marie Antoinette lived in a world which she was expected to obey her husband as if he were God,, to spill forth children as if she were Eve--- and then accept that aristocrats ate cake while peasants had no bread. After all, it was divine will and all that.” FranceFrench RevolutionMarie Antoinette Book:Doomed Queens: Royal Women Who Met Bad Ends, From Cleopatra to Princess Di Source: Doomed Queens: Royal Women Who Met Bad Ends, From Cleopatra to Princess Di