I've been reading the book of Marie Antoinette by Antonia Fraser for a while now. The book is actually around five hundred pages long but somehow her way of writing makes it difficult for me to finish it, or it may be the fact that I'm in the last leg of the book when everything gets depressing when the revolution makes her life a mess. And I don't even have a glimmer of hope because I know what is her imminent fate. It's like a long torture to read how she can't escape the horrible death that awaits her.... But I'll make an inhuman effort and maybe I'll finish reading it this week...
But out of curiosity, to find out if the whole affair thing was true, I started reading Count Fersen's diary. (Do you see the similarity of the original Count Fersen and the actor in the movies in the pictures above?) But I must say that his diary is A LOT MORE INTERESTING than Antonia Fraser's book! He shares funny observations of the customs of the people in Versailles and many other countries. And like Antonia Fraser says, he truly was a great lover of women. haha But what is sad is that I know that he also had a sad end...
But meanwhile I'm going to enjoy the small nuances in his life!
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