From what I've read, Louis XVI was a kind man, an indecisive man, a man temperamentally ill-suited to be a monarch. Many see him as weak but, to me, he showed admirable strength in staying true to his beliefs. He certainly wasn't the tyrant the common people of his time believed him to be. They could've benefitted from some unbiased reporting (Where's CNN when you need 'em?) rather than the poison pen of Marat and the libelists. The main oddity in his story is the fact that he refused to consummate his marriage to Marie Antoinette for seven years. Peculiar. I could set forth some theories but y'all can come up with your own. He does look handsome in red, though, doesn't he?
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