Marie Antoinette and Fersen. Bridgeman Images / / Bridgeman Images / Â Photo Josse
BIG STORY – The French queen and the attractive Swedish count had very strong feelings for each other. Deciphering coded or redacted portions of their correspondence, a sample of which the National Archives is displaying as part of an exhibition, provides valuable clues to finding out more.
Marie-Antoinette and her fate attract more than ever. Against the background of the revolutionary tornado, the story of his love for the Swede Fersen raises all the questions. However, the National Archives has a wonderful exhibition dedicated to Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette at the Tuileries these days, from their return from Versailles in October 1789 to the fall of the monarchy on 10 August 1792. Visitors will be able to discover a fascinating, romantic and political sample of the secret correspondence between the Queen of France and a Swedish count, whose coded or redacted passages, which still resisted researchers, have only recently been deciphered by science, revealing their secrets.
A novelist would never have dared to imagine a heart-like romance between Marie-Antoinette and a handsome foreign aristocrat in the service of France, so extravagant, yet it seems proven.
Count Hans-Axel de Fersen is considered one of the best men of his time. Tall…
Source: Le Figaro
