Category Archives: Axel de Fersen

Marie-Antoinette for Idiots

Posted on June 25, 2013 by versaillesgossip, before and after Francis Ponge

This is a new book on the old subject. The difference between this one and the others is the brutal directness with which the tragic queen is treated. Marie-Antoinette for Idiots gives us a woman of her times completely de-mystified. I suppose … Continue reading →

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Life of a Princess

Posted on May 4, 2013 by versaillesgossip, before and after Francis Ponge

It is a little awkward, but I am yet to meet a boy who would like to be a prince — a fireman, a policeman, maybe even a gynecologist, anything but a prince; consequently, it is to the aspiring little princesses that … Continue reading →

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The Favorites of Marie-Antoinette

Posted on October 12, 2012 by versaillesgossip, before and after Francis Ponge

For sure Marie-Antoinette had some weakness for men in uniform; she also gave preferential treatment to foreigners; and we can imagine that foreign men-in-uniform would make a pretty bad public relations campaign for any queen; but fortunately Versailles Court was cosmopolitan enough … Continue reading →

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The Dog of Marie-Antoinette

Posted on August 19, 2012 by versaillesgossip, before and after Francis Ponge

Ugly little thing, isn’t it? But according to Stefan Zweig Coco was there till the end. This is the pet Marie-Antoinette, her son and daughter kept during their captivity in the Temple. Where is the dog Fersen bought for the Queen, … Continue reading →

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Tick-Tack Tactique

Posted on June 24, 2012 by versaillesgossip, before and after Francis Ponge

For twenty years, that is from the time he stole it, till the day of his death, Naaman Diller played with the watch of Marie-Antoinette: the police reports that they have received the burglar’s instructions on how to take apart … Continue reading →

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The Death of Count Fersen

Posted on June 2, 2012 by versaillesgossip, before and after Francis Ponge

This is the building in front of which in May 1810 the Sweedes have murdered Axel Fersen. He was left in front of the Court House porch, naked: the rioters had ripped off his clothes, a little too fancy to … Continue reading →

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Marie-Antoinette, the Porno-Queen

Posted on August 3, 2011 by versaillesgossip, before and after Francis Ponge

1931. Y. Gylden publishes in the review on criminology the polyalphabetic table found in Axel de Fersen’s papers. The table allows us to decipher some of the crypted messages in Marie-Antoinette’s letters which do not really shed any light on the … Continue reading →

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