Table of Contents
Dramatis Personae ix
Prologue: Before the Law I
1 Princess in Rags 7
2 The Man Who Never Grew Up 24
3 Faith, Hope and Charity 39
4 Antoinette Against Versailles 51
5 In My Lady's Chamber 62
6 Notes on a Scandal 72
7 To Play the Queen 83
8 Diamonds and Best Friends 96
9 The Greatest Man in Europe: An Interlude 111
10 Follow the Money 123
11 Days of Reckoning 134
12 'I Will Pay for Everything' 143
13 Arresting Developments 149
14 Hotel Bastille 159
15 Witness Protection 167
16 Tired and Emotional 176
17 Nicolas Abroad: A Picaresque 184
18 Questions, Questions 188
19 Cheek to Cheek, Toe to Toe 201
20 An Extraordinary Rendition 209
21 The Truth Will Out 221
22 In The Gossip Factory 230
23 Judgement Day 241
24 Catch Him if you Can: A Burlesque 251
25 Farewell, My Country 259
26 Down and Out in Paris and London 268
27 Confessions of a Justified Sinner 276
28 The Fall of the Houses of Valois and Bourbon 285
29 Madness, Sadness, Poverty 294
30 Flashes in the Crystal: A Conclusion 303
Acknowledgements 311
Illustration Credits 313
Notes 315
Note on the Sources 351
Bibliography 353
Inedx 371
