The Queen's Necklace

by Alexandre Dumas · 1849

The scandalous affair of a diamond necklace ensnares Marie Antoinette's court on the eve of the French Revolution.

Books mentioned in The Queen's Necklace (2)

• The Marriage of Figaro by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais: “the new play by the Canon de Beaumarchais... 'You mean the ‘Marriage of Figaro’?'”
• Adèle de Ponthieu: “They played “Adéle de Ponthieu” to three thousand spectators, who afterwards danced.”