Project X: Rose of Versailles


NHK's Project X shows on Tueday nights are so good! Tonight was about the manga "Rose of Versailles" that became a big hit in Japan in the 1970s. The NHK show also explained how it was moving ladies to tears as a takarakuza musical...

The story about the Swedish count Axel von Fersen and French Queen Marie Antoinette is a wonderful love legend. And the manga really brought the characters to life. This fan site has all the details!

von Fersen was a freemason, who introduced a lot of culture to Scandinavia. Later, after king Gustav III was killed, he was brutally murdered on the streets of Stockholm... Here is a link to von Fersen's castle in Sweden.

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