Excerpt from The Flight of Marie Antoinette The Comte de Fersen gave the sum of livres to the Comte Alexandre de Sparre, Colonel. His Majesty grants the Comte de Fersen a brevet de retenue for the said sum of livres, to secure his being reimbursed by an officer who should happen to be appointed colonel of the said regiment. T e Comte de Fersen has no fortune. - Archives of the War Office. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.