I have to start this review by saying that I am an avid reader not a writer. This is my first review for Book Browse.
Although written as historical fiction The Queen's Lover by Francine Du Plessix Gray reads like a rather dull history text book. Every so often gratuitous …more sexual descriptions are added to the narrative in a failed attempt to add life to the story.
French is continually used but with no English translation. Frustration and boredom are not a good combination.
The story is about the love affair between Swedish aristocrat Axel Von Fersen and Marie Antoinette.The affair begins in friendship and devotion to the future King and Queen.
I always finish any book that I start to read but was sorely tempted to stop this one soon after Marie Antoinette meets the guillotine. (less)