One of the most reviled monarchs of all time, Marie Antoinette became empress of France at the age of 19. She immediately alienated the nobility with her disregard for court etiquette, and offended the citizens with her incredible extravagance and absolute disregard of their situation. Informed that her subjects were starving for lack of bread, she was said to have responded, ""Let them eat cake."" By August of 1792 the people had rebelled, and Marie and King Louis XVI were imprisoned. Within months they were beheaded. Journey back to the explosive era of the French Revolution for a revealing portrait of the young empress. See the incredible opulence in which she lived, and hear from famed historians about her upbringing and heritage, and why she was a victim of her time more than anything else. Explore the life of the young queen whose name will forever be linked with the bloodiest period in her nation's history