“Forgotten Hollywood”- Pen Mightier Than the Guillotine…
Manny P. here… 
“`Love letters between the ill-fated French queen Marie-Antoinette and her lover have been deciphered by use of the latest techniques by the French National Archives. The Austrian-born queen was executed at just thirty-seven in October, 1793 after the overthrow of the monarchy. At the time, the queen and King Louis XVI were living under surveillance in the Parisian Tuileries palace and had just failed to escape their house arrest.
“`The revealed passages are further confirmation of a steamy relationship between Marie-Antoinette and Count de Fersen, who were writing to each other several years after the 1789 French Revolution. Much of the writings had previously been brought to light, but redacted lines remained illegible. Until now.
“`The ninety-five-day project used a new scanning technique (the x-ray fluorescence system) to analyze the composition of ink used. Similarities between the ink by the count and the ink of redaction suggest Fersen might have censored his own letters. Out of the fifteen redacted correspondence written by Marie-Antoinette and Fersen, only eight were brought to light. For the others, ink used to write and to censor was the same, rendering the task of revealing the redacted content impossible.
“`The fascination surrounding Marie-Antoinette remains undimmed. Last month, a travel bag belonging to her sold for over five times its estimate in an auction of royal memorabilia.
Until next time> “never forget”
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