The Rose of Versailles Volume 2

This second volume of the historical fiction manga series explores the intricate politics, romance, and rising tensions of the late eighteenth-century French Royal Court at Versailles in the years leading up to the French Revolution. The story follows Oscar François de Jarjeyes, a woman raised as a man to command the royal guard, as she navigates the dangerous scandals surrounding the monarchy. As Queen Marie Antoinette's secret passion for Swedish Count Axel von Fersen intensifies and her reputation is threatened by the infamous Affair of the Diamond Necklace, controversy erupts across the court. Compiling chapters twenty-three through forty-four of the original narrative, this edition captures the escalating civil unrest and shifting fortunes of the French crown through Oscar's perspective.