Cambridge research reveals contents of historic French love letters after 265 years

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Cambridge research reveals contents of historic French love letters after 265 years

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.

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The letters to French sailors before they were opened and read by Renaud Morieux at The National Archives