How to ruin a queen Marie Antoinette and the diamond necklace affair
In 1785, a sensational trial began in Paris that would divide the country and captivate Europe. A leading Catholic cardinal and scion of one of the most distinguished families in France stood accused of forging the queen's signature to obtain the most expensive piece of jewelry in Europe: a 2,800-ca...
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Da Capo Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group,
2014.
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a How to ruin a queen : |b Marie Antoinette and the diamond necklace affair / |c Jonathan Beckman. |
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-370) and index. | ||
| 520 | |a In 1785, a sensational trial began in Paris that would divide the country and captivate Europe. A leading Catholic cardinal and scion of one of the most distinguished families in France stood accused of forging the queen's signature to obtain the most expensive piece of jewelry in Europe: a 2,800-carat diamond necklace. Where were the diamonds? Was the cardinal innocent? Was, for that matter, the queen? The revelations from the trial would bedevil the French monarchy as the country descended into a bloody revolution. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Diamond Necklace Affair, France, 1785. | |
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| 600 | 0 | 0 | |a Marie Antoinette, |c Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, |d 1755-1793. |
| 650 | 0 | |a Jewelry theft |z France |x History |y 18th century. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Monarchy |z France |x History |y 18th century. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a France |x History |y 18th century. | |
| 775 | 0 | 8 | |i Reproduction of (manifestation): |a Beckman, Jonathan. |t How to ruin a queen. |d London : John Murray, 2014 |z 9781848549982 |
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