(Inside Science) It was late 1791 or early 1792, in a palace on the right bank of the Seine River in Paris. The world was about to change drastically. France was on the cusp of revolution as different factions struggled for control. The country's queen, Marie Antoinette, was closely watched and monitored after an attempted escape to Varennes, France failed. But she still managed to sneak out letters to her friend and rumored lover, the Swedish count Axel von Fersen.
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