The Queen's Necklace

The Queen's Necklace

by Alexandre Dumas
The Queen's Necklace

The Queen's Necklace

by Alexandre Dumas

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Overview

The Queen's Necklace is loosely based on the Affair of the Diamond Necklace, an episode involving fraud and royal scandal that made headlines at the court of Louis XVI in the 1780s. Itpresents an idealized portrait of Queen Marie Antoinette but also shows the decadence of the nobility of the time. Alexandre Dumas was a French writer whose works have been translated into nearly 100 languages. His historical novels include The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, The Corsican Brothers, and The Man in the Iron Mask.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781483705804
Publisher: Bottom of the Hill Publishing
Publication date: 07/01/2014
Pages: 290
Sales rank: 691,253
Product dimensions: 7.50(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.61(d)

About the Author

About The Author

One of the most widely read French authors famed for his historical fiction of high adventure, Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870) wrote more than a hundred plays and novels, including the famous Three Musketeers trilogy, The Count of Monte Cristo, and The Man in the Iron Mask. His books have been translated into more than 100 languages.

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