This review will be posted on April 16th to coincide with the book tour hosted by TLC Book Tours.


The idea of Marie Antoinette is one of legend. Her grace. Her beauty. Her charm. There have been many stories told of the young queen- some of truth, some of misquoting. However, what every story told has in common is the inability to deny that she commanded a room in a quiet, powerful way with not just her beauty, but her charisma as well. She is the queen for which men found themselves speechless in her presence, and, because of this, she is the queen of which stories of scandal have surrounded her.
In The Queen’s Lover, we are given a glimpse of the most personal and private life of the queen, as told from the perspective of Count Axel von Fersen, a Swedish nobleman with who she shared a lifelong secretive romance. Using letters and recorded facts to weave together a story that tells us so much more about Marie Antoinette than most accounts, du Plessix Gray is a master at her craft. The characters are full and very real, and there is an understanding and clarity behind the actions and events that have made up many of the stories behind the epic figures of the time. This is not just a story of a man’s love for a woman who can never be fully his own, but a story of intrigue, back-stabbing, gossip, war, and how one must traverse it all.
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