Marie-Antoinette - Trial at the Conciergerie

On 14th October 1793, Marie-Antoinette was taken to the revolutionary tribunal located at the Conciergerie. After the discovery of a plot for her escape, the Comity of Public Safety decided to expedite the trial and gave the Queen and her lawyers one day to prepare for her defense...

Whether one feels for Marie or not, one must admit her trial was a mockery of justice. Her son, the Dauphin - who would have been Louis XVII - was brainwashed and "confessed" he had been abused by his mom... Marie-Antoinette refused to answer that accusation appealing to all mothers in the room.

After a two day trial, on 16th October, she was informed of her fate: death! Of course, the method of execution was the guillotine and off she went the very same day! Martyr or traitor to the Nation? Marie-Antoinette encapsulate the old regime and leaves no one indifferent!