French love letters confiscated by Britain finally read after 265 years
The letters before they were opened and read by Renaud Morieux at The National Archives, Kew. Credit: The National Archives / Renaud Morieux Over 100 letters sent to French sailors by their fiancées, wives, parents and siblings—but never delivered—have been opened and studied for the first time since they were written in 1757–8. The messages
Maribel Damron
November 7, 2023