Remember, they won't use a grain of poison against me. The Brinvilliers are not from this century: we have slander, which is much better to kill people; and it is through it that I will be killed.
— Marie Antoinette Early Modern

French queen, executed

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Context

Reflecting on the nature of attacks against her

Date / Period

Late 1700s (approximate)

Category

Controversial

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