![]() ![]() After the Revolution of 1789 the royal family is moved from Versailles to the Tuileries. He returns to find France on the brink of disintegration. Moved by the cause, he joins French troops in the fight for American independence. ![]() ![]() ![]() But his new intimacy with Marie Antoinette and her family is disrupted when the events of the American Revolution tear Fersen away. Roaming the halls of Versailles and visiting the private haven of Le Petit Trianon, he discovers the deepest secrets of the court, even learning the startling erotic details of Marie Antoinette’s marriage to Louis XVI. This electric encounter launches a love affair that will span the course of the French Revolution.Īs their relationship deepens, Fersen becomes a devoted companion to the entire royal family. The romance begins at a masquerade ball in Paris in 1774, when the dashing nobleman first meets the mesmerizing nineteen-year-old dauphine, wife of the reclusive prince who will soon become Louis XVI. A “deeply intelligent” and “spellbinding” historical novel of Marie Antoinette on the eve of the French Revolution ( The Washington Post )įrancine du Plessix Gray’s beautifully realized historical novel reveals the untold love story between Swedish aristocrat Count Axel von Fersen and Marie Antoinette. ![]()
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