... of a whole people with such ease'. Fraser recounts how, initially, the people of Paris loved their Dauphine, who was to become the Queen. As her life went on, she captured the interest of many more when she started gambling heavily. She was frivolous in the extreme, often earning a reproach from her mother, in either the form of a letter or verbally from the Comte Mercy d'Argenteau, her mother's spy in Versailles. Marie and Louis' problems in the bedroom also captured the interest of the Court, France, and many of Marie's fifteen brothers and sisters. Louis had several problems consummating their marriage, which fell to many speculations outside the royal couple. However, Louis merely required a simple operation, and when that was finally performed, many people fell to speculating when Marie's first child would be. Marie Antoinette experienced an extremely interesting and fascinating life. Although she would have been ...

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