| Authors: |
Gray, Francine du Plessix.
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| Material type: |
Book |
| Subject: |
France -- Court and courtiers -- Fiction.
Statesmen -- Sweden -- Fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Love stories.
Historical romances.
Fersen, Hans Axel von,greve,1755-1810 -- Fiction.
Marie Antoinette,Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France,1755-1793 -- Fiction.
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| Language: |
English |
| Publisher: |
New York : Penguin Press, c2012. |
| Description: |
292 p. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781594203374 1594203377 |
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| Rating: |
3 out of 5: It was okay |
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| Summary: |
This historical novel reveals the untold love story between Swedish aristocrat Count Axel von Fersen and Marie Antoinette. 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. This electric encounter launches a love affair that will span the course of the French Revolution. |