Swedish nobleman Count Axel von Fersen, lover of Marie Antoinette, is at the center of this novel by New Yorker writer Francine du Plessix Gray, which sets a love story in an era of social and political upheaval. (June)
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15 spring 2012 novels we think you'll like
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10. 'The Queen's Lover,' by Francine du Plessix Gray
