MarieAntoinette Author:Rita M 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... more » 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.« less