Did Marie Antoinette really tell French peasants to eat cake?

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Marie Antoinette was only ten when Rousseau published the famous 'let them eat cake' quote. Check out our HowStuffWorks podcast to learn more about what this statement actually meant -- whether or not Marie actually said it.

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2008-09-24 9 min Transcript

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