Queen's Necklace

by Alexandre Dumas

Action & Adventure Fiction Historical Fiction

94 chapters12h 20mEnglish1904

About this book

The Queen's Necklace is historical fiction based on an actual scandal in the court of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI during 1784-85, "The Diamond Necklace Affair". The Diamond Necklace Affair contributed to the discrediting of the Marie Antoinette and the monarchy of Louis XVI prior to the French Revolution. The backdrop is the rebellious state of the French people due in part to adverse weather and crop failures affecting the food supply and price of bread during the 1780s, contrasted to the extravagance of the French monarchy. The Queen's Necklace is the 3rd novel in the Marie Antoinette series by Alexandre Dumas. (summary by Gail Timmerman-Vaughan)

Chapters (94)

1PROLOGUE, Part I. THE PREDICTIONS

785

2PROLOGUE, Part II. M. DE LA PEROUSE

2839

3I. TWO UNKNOWN LADIES

729

4II. AN INTERIOR

484

5III. JEANNE DE LA MOTTE VALOIS

950

6IV. BELUS

496

7V. THE ROAD TO VERSAILLES

638

8VI. LAURENT

865

9VII. THE QUEEN'S BED-CHAMBER

1042

10VIII. THE QUEEN'S PETITE LEVEE

721

11IX. THE SWISS LAKE

393

12X. THE TEMPTER

502

13XI. M. DE SUFFREN

558

14XII. M. DE CHARNY

459

15XIII. THE ONE HUNDRED LOUIS OF THE QUEEN

243

16XIV. M. FINGRET

412

17XV. THE CARDINAL DE ROHAN

877

18XVI. MESMER AND ST. MARTIN

358

19XVII. THE BUCKET

577

20XVIII. MADEMOISELLE OLIVIA

469

21XIX. MONSIEUR BEAUSIRE

279

22XX. GOLD

358

23XXI. LA PETITE MAISON

947

24XXII. SOME WORDS ABOUT THE OPERA

187

25XXIII. THE BALL AT THE OPERA

1254

26XXIV. THE EXAMINATION

234

27XXV. THE ACADEMY OF M. BEAUSIRE

798

28XXVI. THE AMBASSADOR

382

29XXVII. MESSRS. BOEHMER AND BOSSANGE

319

30XXVIII. THE AMBASSADOR'S HOTEL

438

31XXIX. THE BARGAIN

413

32XXX. THE JOURNALIST'S HOUSE

631

33XXXI. HOW TWO FRIENDS BECAME ENEMIES

514

34XXXII. THE HOUSE IN THE RUE ST. GILLES

727

35XXXIII. THE HEAD OF THE TAVERNEY FAMILY

345

36XXXIV. THE STANZAS OF M. DE PROVENCE

411

37XXXV. THE PRINCESS DE LAMBALLE

511

38XXXVI. THE QUEEN

802

39XXXVII. AN ALIBI

651

40XXXVIII. M. DE CROSNE

423

41XXXIX. THE TEMPTRESS

330

42XL. TWO AMBITIONS THAT WISH TO PASS FOR TWO LOVES

215

43XLI. FACES UNDER THEIR MASKS

692

44XLII. IN WHICH M. DUCORNEAU UNDERSTANDS NOTHING OF WHAT IS PASSING

512

45XLIII. ILLUSIONS AND REALITY

226

46XLIV. OLIVA BEGINS TO ASK WHAT THEY WANT OF HER

263

47XLV. THE DESERTED HOUSE

159

48XLVI. JEANNE THE PROTECTRESS

344

49XLVII. JEANNE PROTECTED

431

50XLVIII. THE QUEEN'S PORTFOLIO

239

51XLIX. IN WHICH WE FIND DR. LOUIS

311

52L. AEGRI SOMNIA

308

53LI. ANDREE

376

54LII. DELIRIUM

253

55LIII. CONVALESCENCE

403

56LIV. TWO BLEEDING HEARTS

496

57LV. THE MINISTER OF FINANCE

308

58LVI. THE CARDINAL DE ROHAN

510

59LVII. DEBTOR AND CREDITOR

365

60LVIII. FAMILY ACCOUNTS

323

61LIX. MARIE ANTOINETTE AS QUEEN AND MADAME DE LA MOTTE AS WOMAN

333

62LX. THE RECEIPT OF MM. BOEHMER AND BOSSANGE, AND THE GRATITUDE OF THE QUEEN

300

63LXI. THE PRISONER

434

64LXII. THE LOOK OUT

189

65LXIII. THE TWO NEIGHBORS

349

66LXIV. THE RENDEZVOUS

280

67LXV. THE QUEEN'S HAND

188

68LXVI. WOMAN AND QUEEN

490

69LXVII. WOMAN AND DEMON

417

70LXVIII. THE NIGHT

373

71LXIX. THE CONGE

373

72LXX. THE JEALOUSY OF THE CARDINAL

662

73LXXI. THE FLIGHT

390

74LXXII. THE LETTER AND THE RECEIPT

303

75LXIII. ''Roi ne puis, prince ne daigne, Rohan je suis''

441

76LXXIV. LOVE AND DIPLOMACY

341

77LXXV. CHARNY, CARDINAL AND QUEEN

363

78LXXVI. EXPLANATIONS

465

79LXXVII. THE ARREST

445

80LXXVIII. THE PROCES-VERBAL

311

81LXXIX. THE LAST ACCUSATION

400

82LXXX. THE PROPOSAL OF MARRIAGE

356

83LXXXI. ST DENIS

138

84LXXXII. A DEAD HEART

325

85LXXXIII. IN WHICH IT IS EXPLAINED WHY THE BARON DE TAVERNEY GREW FAT

240

86LXXXIV. THE FATHER AND THE FIANCEE

342

87LXXXV. AFTER THE DRAGON, THE VIPER

301

88LXXXVI. HOW IT CAME TO PASS THAT M. BEAUSIRE WAS TRACKED BY THE AGENTS OF M. CROSNE

242

89LXXXVII. THE TURTLES ARE CAGED

1064

90LXXXVIII. THE LAST HOPE LOST

195

91LXXXIX. THE BAPTISM OF THE LITTLE BEAUSIRE

111

92XC. THE TRIAL

409

93XCI. THE EXECUTION

516

94XCII. THE MARRIAGE

275

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