How to ruin a queen: Marie Antoinette, the stolen diamonds and the scandal that shook the French throne 9780306823565, 030682356X, 9781848549999, 1848549997
A tale of greed, lust, deceit, theft on an extraordinary scale, charlatanry, kidnapping, assassination and escape from p
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English Pages xii, 386 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates Year 2014
Table of contents :
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Dramatis Personae
Prologue: Before the Law
1. Princess in Rags
2. The Man Who Never Grew Up
3. Faith, Hope and Charity
4. Antoinette Against Versailles
5. In My Lady's Chamber
6. Notes on a Scandal
7. To Play the Queen
8. Diamonds and Best Friends
9. The Greatest Man in Europe: An Interlude
10. Follow the Money
11. Days of Reckoning
12. 'I Will Pay for Everything'
13. Arresting Developments
14. Hotel Bastille
15. Witness Protection
16. Tired and Emotional
17. Nicolas Abroad: A Picaresque
18. Questions, Questions. 19. Cheek to Cheek, Toe to Toe20. An Extraordinary Rendition
21. The Truth Will Out
22. In the Gossip Factory
23. Judgement Day
24. Catch Him if You Can: A Burlesque
25. Farewell, My Country
26. Down and Out in Paris and London
27. Confessions of a Justified Sinner
28. The Fall of the Houses of Valois and Bourbon
29. Madness, Sadness, Poverty
30. Flashes in the Crystal: A Conclusion
Acknowledgements
Illustration Credits
Notes
Note on the Sources
Bibliography
Index.
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