Project Gutenberg 2006-12-16 Public domain in the USA. 145 Dumas, Alexandre 1802 1870 Dumas, Alexander Dumas, Alexandre, pere père, Alexandre Dumas Maquet, Auguste 1813 1888 Le collier de la reine. English The queen's necklace Juergen Lohnert, Wilelmina Maillière, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Queen's Necklace" by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet is a historical novel written in the late 19th century. The narrative delves into the intricacies of French society during the pre-revolutionary period, particularly focusing on events surrounding the infamous Affair of the Necklace scandal involving Marie Antoinette. Key characters include Jeanne de la Motte, who claims noble heritage, and the marshal de Richelieu, among others involved in the tangled web of court intrigues, deception, and aspirations for power and prestige. The opening of the novel features a prologue that introduces a dinner gathering at the home of Marshal de Richelieu in April 1784, where he engages in a comical and contentious dialogue with his maître-d’hôtel over the dining arrangements, which serves as a humorous precursor to the more serious themes of the story. This scene shifts to a somber atmosphere outside, depicting the harsh winter conditions affecting the poor in Paris, before introducing two noble ladies discreetly traveling through the city. Their conversation hints at the struggles within the upper classes and foreshadows the unfolding political manipulations deeply entwined with the lives of individuals such as Jeanne de la Motte, setting the stage for a dramatic intertwining of personal and societal conflicts. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Biographical fiction Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793 -- Fiction Cagliostro, Alessandro, conte di, 1743-1795 -- Fiction Queens -- France -- Fiction France -- History -- Louis XVI, 1774-1793 -- Fiction PQ Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - General Browsing: Fiction 851926 852458 2024-09-09T03:58:42.351841 2023-09-09T06:53:09.070922 text/html text/html 923554 2021-08-03T12:11:29 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 592276 2021-08-03T12:16:09 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 762228 2024-09-09T03:58:57.091787 application/epub+zip 765634 2024-09-09T03:58:44.354871 application/epub+zip 448578 2024-09-09T03:58:43.189860 application/epub+zip 1038165 2024-09-09T03:59:05.690753 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 982649 2024-09-09T03:58:56.206787 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 656932 2022-09-09T12:54:39.833298 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 778321 2024-09-09T03:58:40.396909 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 778093 2021-08-03T12:15:18 text/plain; charset=utf-8 275627 2021-08-03T12:15:45 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 20520 2024-09-09T03:59:05.850717 application/rdf+xml 14372 2024-09-09T03:58:43.595856 image/jpeg 3446 2024-09-09T03:58:43.391894 image/jpeg 642926 2024-09-09T03:58:42.426871 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia