How to Ruin a Queen: Marie Antoinette and the Diamond Necklace Affair
A tale of greed, lust, deceit, theft on an extraordinary scale, charlatanry, kidnapping, assassination and escape from prison.
A tale of greed, lust, deceit, theft on an extraordinary scale, charlatanry, kidnapping, assassination and escape from prison.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780306823558 (0306823551)
ASIN: 306823551
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
Absolutely fascinating!! Many years ago, my husband and I watched a movie starring Hillary Swank titled The Affair of the Necklace. I was captivated. Not so much by the movie but by the true tale of scandal, back-stabbing, conniving, and revenge. As I've stated more than once, history intrigues me. ...
Disclaimer: ARC from Netgalley. One has to feel sorry for Marie Antoinette. Yes, yes, it’s popular to see her as a spoiled brat of a queen, but it can’t have been easy to marry a king with some type of erectile dysfunction while moving to a throne country where everyone doubts your...
If there was a less cliched way to describe the Affair of the Diamond Necklace I would but it's simply a story you couldn't make up. A Jeanne La Motte, a countess who is a close confidant of Marie Antoinette, approaches Cardinal Rohan and asks him to purchase an expensive diamond necklace in the nam...
A highly detailed and informative account of the Diamond Necklace Affair. Beckman's investigation into this case, which helped to instigate the fall of Marie Antoinette, is nonfiction but written in a compelling style. Each of the participants in the case is brought vividly to life through use of me...
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