The Mystery of Versailles - J. R. Sturge-Whiting police a town steeped in secrets

a town steeped in secrets and shadows

painting a vivid picture of a world where nothing is as it seems

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The Mystery of Versailles - J. R. Sturge-Whiting police a town steeped in secretsIn 1904 two distinguished English ladies, visiting Versailles as tourists, had a remarkable experience. They imagined that, by some strange kink in time, they were transported back to the eve of the French Revolu tion. The gardens became as they had been in 1789, the gardeners were dressed as in those days, and to crown this extraordinary experience the ladies actually had a vision of the most tragic queen in history, Marle Antoinette, sitting in the