Queen's Necklace

This antiquarian book contains Alexandre Dumas''s 1849 novel, "The Queen''s Necklace". It is based on a famous case of fraud and royal scandal concerning Marie Antoinette''s complicity in a plot to deceive the crown jewellers as to the cost of a diamond necklace, which further spoiled the already-tarnished reputation of the queen. Although seeming to present an idealised picture of Marie Antoinett...