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The Slap

1/8Marie Antoinette is just a teenager when she is forced to marry the Dauphin of France.

2/8Marie realises that producing an heir will not be straightforward.

3/8The royal family holidays at Fontainebleau, an escape from stifling Versailles.

4/8The king collapses, and on recovery, decides to make du Barry his queen.

5/8Marie is drawn into the tussle over the choice of prime minister.

6/8To salvage the royal marriage, Antoinette’s brother Joseph intervenes.

7/8Antoinette is pregnant - but a pamphlet circulates depicting Chartres as the father.

8/8Louis supports the rebel colonies in America against France’s old enemy, England.