The queen's necklace
by Auguste Maquet Alexandre Dumas
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Inspired by a notorious historical scandal, this novel weaves together court intrigue, deception, and ambition in pre-Revolutionary France. Set within the glittering yet unstable world of the royal court, the narrative explores how manipulation and illusion operate beneath ceremonial splendour. The story blends documented history with imaginative reconstruction, creating a dramatic portrait of power and vulnerability. Written with narrative flair and dramatic tension, the novel reflects the authors’ mastery of historical fiction. It offers insight into the social and political tensions that pr...
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- THE WORKS OF
- ALEXANDRE DUMAS
- IN THIRTY VOLUMES
- THE QUEEN’S NECKLACE
- ILLUSTRATED WITH DRAWINGS ON WOOD BY EMINENT FRENCH AND AMERICAN ARTISTS
- NEW YORK P. F. COLLIER AND SON MCMIV
- THE QUEEN’S NECKLACE.
- PROLOGUE.—THE PREDICTIONS. AN OLD NOBLEMAN AND AN OLD MAÎTRE-D’HÔTEL.
- II.—M. DE LA PEROUSE.
- END OF THE PROLOGUE.
- CHAPTER I. TWO UNKNOWN LADIES.
- CHAPTER II. AN INTERIOR.
- CHAPTER III. JEANNE DE LA MOTTE VALOIS.
- CHAPTER IV. BELUS.
- CHAPTER V. THE ROAD TO VERSAILLES.
- CHAPTER VI. LAURENT.
- CHAPTER VII. THE QUEEN’S BED-CHAMBER.
- CHAPTER VIII. THE QUEEN’S PETITE LEVEE.
- CHAPTER IX. THE SWISS LAKE.
- CHAPTER X. THE TEMPTER.
- CHAPTER XI. M. DE SUFFREN.
- CHAPTER XII. M. DE CHARNY.
- CHAPTER XIII. THE ONE HUNDRED LOUIS OF THE QUEEN.
- CHAPTER XIV. M. FINGRET.
- CHAPTER XV. THE CARDINAL DE ROHAN.
- CHAPTER XVI. MESMER AND ST. MARTIN.
- CHAPTER XVII. THE BUCKET.
- CHAPTER XVIII. MADEMOISELLE OLIVA.
- CHAPTER XIX. MONSIEUR BEAUSIRE.
- CHAPTER XX. GOLD.
- CHAPTER XXI. LA PETITE MAISON.
- CHAPTER XXII. SOME WORDS ABOUT THE OPERA.
- CHAPTER XXIII. THE BALL AT THE OPERA.
- CHAPTER XXIV. THE EXAMINATION.
- CHAPTER XXV. THE ACADEMY OF M. BEAUSIRE.
- CHAPTER XXVI. THE AMBASSADOR.
- CHAPTER XXVII. MESSRS. BŒHMER AND BOSSANGE.
- CHAPTER XXVIII. THE AMBASSADOR’S HOTEL.
- CHAPTER XXIX. THE BARGAIN.
- CHAPTER XXX. THE JOURNALIST’S HOUSE.
- CHAPTER XXXI. HOW TWO FRIENDS BECAME ENEMIES.
- CHAPTER XXXII. THE HOUSE IN THE RUE ST. GILLES.
- CHAPTER XXXIII. THE HEAD OF THE TAVERNEY FAMILY.
- CHAPTER XXXIV. THE STANZAS OF M. DE PROVENCE.
- CHAPTER XXXV. THE PRINCESS DE LAMBALLE.
- CHAPTER XXXVI. THE QUEEN.
- CHAPTER XXXVII. AN ALIBI.
- CHAPTER XXXVIII. M. DE CROSNE.
- CHAPTER XXXIX. THE TEMPTRESS.
- CHAPTER XL. TWO AMBITIONS THAT WISH TO PASS FOR TWO LOVES.
- CHAPTER XLI. FACES UNDER THEIR MASKS.
- CHAPTER XLII. IN WHICH M. DUCORNEAU UNDERSTANDS NOTHING OF WHAT IS PASSING.
- CHAPTER XLIII. ILLUSIONS AND REALITIES.
- CHAPTER XLIV. OLIVA BEGINS TO ASK WHAT THEY WANT OF HER.
- CHAPTER XLV. THE DESERTED HOUSE.
- CHAPTER XLVI. JEANNE THE PROTECTRESS.
- CHAPTER XLVII. JEANNE PROTECTED.
- CHAPTER XLVIII. THE QUEEN’S PORTFOLIO.
- CHAPTER XLIX. IN WHICH WE FIND DR. LOUIS.
- CHAPTER L. ÆGRI SOMNIA.
- CHAPTER LI. ANDRÉE.
- CHAPTER LII. DELIRIUM.
- CHAPTER LIII. CONVALESCENCE.
- CHAPTER LIV. TWO BLEEDING HEARTS.
- CHAPTER LV. THE MINISTER OF FINANCE.
- CHAPTER LVI. THE CARDINAL DE ROHAN.
- CHAPTER LVII. DEBTOR AND CREDITOR.
- CHAPTER LVIII. FAMILY ACCOUNTS.
- CHAPTER LIX. MARIE ANTOINETTE AS QUEEN, AND MADAME DE LA MOTTE AS WOMAN.
- CHAPTER LX. THE RECEIPT OF MM. BŒHMER AND BOSSANGE, AND THE GRATITUDE OF THE QUEEN.
- CHAPTER LXI. THE PRISONER.
- CHAPTER LXII. THE LOOK OUT.
- CHAPTER LXIII. THE TWO NEIGHBORS.
- CHAPTER LXIV. THE RENDEZVOUS.
- CHAPTER LXV. THE QUEEN’S HAND.
- CHAPTER LXVI. WOMAN AND QUEEN.
- CHAPTER LXVII. WOMAN AND DEMON.
- CHAPTER LXVIII. THE NIGHT.
- CHAPTER LXIX. THE CONGÉ.
- CHAPTER LXX. THE JEALOUSY OF THE CARDINAL.
- CHAPTER LXXI. THE FLIGHT.
- CHAPTER LXXII. THE LETTER AND THE RECEIPT.
- CHAPTER LXXIII. “Roi ne puis, prince ne daigne, Rohan je suis.”[B]
- CHAPTER LXXIV. LOVE AND DIPLOMACY.
- CHAPTER LXXV. CHARNY, CARDINAL, AND QUEEN.
- CHAPTER LXXVI. EXPLANATIONS.
- CHAPTER LXXVII. THE ARREST.
- CHAPTER LXXVIII. THE PROCÈS-VERBAL.
- CHAPTER LXXIX. THE LAST ACCUSATION.
- CHAPTER LXXX. THE PROPOSAL OF MARRIAGE.
- CHAPTER LXXXI. ST. DENIS.
- CHAPTER LXXXII. A DEAD HEART.
- CHAPTER LXXXIII. IN WHICH IT IS EXPLAINED WHY THE BARON DE TAVERNEY GREW FAT.
- CHAPTER LXXXIV. THE FATHER AND THE FIANCÉE.
- CHAPTER LXXXV. AFTER THE DRAGON, THE VIPER.
- CHAPTER LXXXVI. HOW IT CAME TO PASS THAT M. BEAUSIRE WAS TRACKED BY THE AGENTS OF M. DE CROSNE.
- CHAPTER LXXXVII. THE TURTLES ARE CAGED.
- CHAPTER LXXXVIII. THE LAST HOPE LOST.
- CHAPTER LXXXIX. THE BAPTISM OF THE LITTLE BEAUSIRE.
- CHAPTER XC. THE TRIAL.
- CHAPTER XCI. THE EXECUTION.
- CHAPTER XCII. THE MARRIAGE.
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