The Last Letter of Marie Antoinette

[livviebway.livejournal.com]

One of bizarre stories I've heard floating around about the French Revolution is that Marie Antoinette's last letter to Mme Elisabeth was found under Robespierre's bed after his execution. Funny how no biography I've read of his has ever mentioned this, you'd think it would be important. Anyway, does anyone know where this story came from?

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[disownmereturns.livejournal.com]

Hang on...is that last letter the one with a message for her children, telling them to always love each other and never blame the French people for what happened to their parents and a message for Mme Elizabeth telling her to never lose faith?

Or was that Louis XVI's? He never wrote a letter, right? Just left behind momentoes that never reached his family.

Gaah...I need to review my history.

In any case, if that was the letter then...under Robbie's bed? Oooh...curious indeed! :D

[livviebway.livejournal.com]

Apparently the letter to Elisabeth. But that's the thing, it's just a story. I have never seen it mentioned in a biography of Robespierre and you'd think that would be a fairly important thing to note. Also, as if the Thermidorians wouldn't have had a field day if it'd been found there.