The Queen’s Necklace – Alexandre Dumas – Book 9 – Volume 3, Part 4

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The Queen s Necklace – Alexandre Dumas – Book 9 – Volume 3 Part 4 Title The Queen s Necklace Overview This third volume of the Marie Antoinette Romances begins a decade after the close of The Mesmerist s Victim and is based on a real scandal in Louis XVI s court commonly called The Diamond Necklace Affair In this volume the plotting of a powerful occultist Count Cogliostro or Balsamo collides with the long-festering resentments of a previous royal house Jeanne de Valois de la Motte a growing popular movement for sociopolitical reform and a shrinking supply of bread It is easy to see how converging sociopolitical challenges can threaten the monarchy but how can the court of Louis XVI overcome these challenges amidst a famine After all in the words of his economic advisor Turgot de l Aulnes Ne vous m lez pas du pain One must not meddle with bread Published 1849 – 1850 List Readers Choice Collections The Marie Antoinette Romances Series Antoinette 12 Author Alexandre Dumas Translator Henry L Williams Genre Action amp Adventure Fiction Crime amp Mystery Fiction Fantastic Fiction Episode The Queen s Necklace – Alexandre Dumas – Book 9 – Volume 3 Part 4 Part 4 of 6 Length Part 2 09 35 Book 9 Length Book 16 40 31 Episodes 49 – 64 of 95 Predecessor The Mesmerist s Victim Successor Taking the Bastile Narrator John Van Stan Language English Rated Guidance Suggested Edition Unabridged Audiobook Keywords Alexandre Dumas Marie Antoinette Historical Fiction Suspense Espionage Political amp Thrillers Action amp Adventure Fiction Crime amp Mystery Fiction Fantastic Fiction Hashtags freeaudiobooks audiobook mustread readingbooks audiblebooks favoritebooks free booklist audible freeaudiobook AlexandreDumas MarieAntoinette HistoricalFiction Suspense Espionage Political amp Thrillers Action amp AdventureFiction Crime amp MysteryFiction FantasticFiction Credits All LibriVox Recordings are in the Public Domain Wikipedia c Attribution-ShareAlike 3 0 Unported License WOMBO Dream John Van Stan — Send in a voice message https anchor fm free-audiobooks message Support this podcast https anchor fm free-audiobooks supportClick here to visit this podcast episode

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