In this definitive new edition of her acclaimed study Evelyn Farr draws on fresh evidence from archive sources - including decoded secret correspondence - to peel back the layers of misinformation obscuring the Queen's great love affair and to reveal its impact on the destiny of the French Royal Family.--Publisher
Delve deeper into the world of the BBC hit series Versailles with this ground- breaking study of Marie-Antoinette's love affair with Swedish diplomat Count Axel von Fersen. Historian Evelyn Farr has decoded secret letters, nom de plumes and invisible ink to make this the definitive account of an historic and tragic romance.
A history of the love affair between Marie-Antoinette and the Swedish Count Axel Fersen balances the image of the French queen who is often either characterized as a whore or a martyr. Farr uses recently released correspondence and documents to reconstruct the story of the relationship between the t
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