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JDPriestly

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9. Yes. You are so right about the Austrian court.

Reply to JustAnotherGen (Reply #2)

Thu Dec 27, 2012, 04:50 PM

Dec 2012

And Marie Antoinette thus, built the Trianon, a sort of bucolic playground that, perhaps, satisfied a yen for the relatively simple lifestyle in the Austrian mountains.

Still, Schonbrunn and the Austrian Hofburg are not little huts by any means. The Austrian court was still pretty magnificent.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sch%C3%B6nbrunn_Palace

http://www.hofburg-wien.at/en.html

Maria Theresa's son, Joseph, put a program for public education in place and advocated for religious tolerance (of Protestants).

The lowdown on Maria Theresa, Marie Antoinette's mother:

http://www.habsburger.net/en/persons/habsburg-emperor/maria-theresa

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Has anyone else seen the movie, "Queen of Versailles"? [View all] JDPriestly Dec 2012 OP

Thanks for the tip. I've seen that around & wondered. Margin Call is very good too for it's look patrice Dec 2012 #1

Queen of Versailles is easy to understand. JDPriestly Dec 2012 #8

I will watch it soon. I have been on the edge of that culture in a service capacity, so patrice Dec 2012 #11

Yep JustAnotherGen Dec 2012 #2

Yes. You are so right about the Austrian court. JDPriestly Dec 2012 #9

I just watched it this week on Netflix Starry Messenger Dec 2012 #3

that halfwit David Siegel threatened to fire a number of his employees if Obama was reelected... Javaman Dec 2012 #4

A sad old man who sits in his filty cluttered den all day... trumad Dec 2012 #5

I missed it. I'll try to see it. nt Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2012 #6

"I stole Florida for Bush in 2000, and that how he became pResidunce." - Versailles A-hole (R) Berlum Dec 2012 #7

That sounded like an admission of guilt for something. JDPriestly Dec 2012 #10

I am 10 minutes into it, and already my jaw is on the floor. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2012 #12