Description
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 queens signature to obtain the most expensive piece of jewelry in Europe: a 2,800-carat diamond necklace. Known as the Affair of the Diamond Necklace, it contributed to the French populaces disillusionment with the monarchy and precipitated the French Revolution.The Queens Necklace, loosely based on the Affair, is Alexandre Dumass take on the royal scandal. Originally serialized in the French newspaper La Presse in 18491850 (immediately following the French Revolution of 1848), The Queens Necklace is an epic tale of love and courage, hatred and betrayal with a missing diamond necklace, an accused queen, a daring manipulator, love-struck youth, royal revenge, and ecclesiastical machinations all playing out against the backdrop of the rising discontent among the French rabble. It is, in short, a thrilling tale by a master of historical fiction.
