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Axel von Fersen
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Axel von Fersen is a man of the world and in many sense on the top of the world. He is born, 1775, into the wealthiest and most influential noble families in Sweden. He is good looking (even beautiful), charismatic, rich, a bit arrogant, fluent in six languages, a talented sketch artist and musician. He becomes the centre of attention wherever he goes and has the reputation of being a womanizer. However, he is able to fall in love but unable to follow through, excited about passion but scared of commitment. He has the manners and the intelligence of a man who is meant to be on the political scene but he is more eager to spend his time attending society balls. But two major things changes his lifestyle: The love for Marie Antoinette and his time as a colonel in the American Revolutionary War.
Despite fighting along with George Washington against the British, Fersen is convinced that the monarchies of Europe need to be protected at any cost. He foresees that a revolution in Europe will lead to political instability and most likely disastrous wars for years to come. His loyalty to the monarchies becomes his life calling and Marie Antoinette his life passion. But his hero-like actions are in many ways naive and even when his own life is at stake and the warning signs are right in front of him, he puts duty above all.