Rita Stark

Marie-antoinette Rita Stark

This book is the story of a friendship that started on a winter night in 1774 at a ball at the Paris Opera House during carnival season when a lighthearted princess approached a handsome young man. The princess was Marie-Antoinette and the young man was the Swedish Count Axel von Fersen, who became an important personality not only in France and other European nations, but also during the American Revolution as Aide-de-Camp to the Commander of the French Expeditionary Force allied with George Washington.