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The Queen's Necklace

by Alexandre Dumas

The Queen's Necklace is a novel by Alexandre Dumas that was published in 1849 and 1850 (immediately following the French Revolution of 1848). It is loosely based on the Affair of the Diamond Necklace, an episode involving fraud and royal scandal that made headlines at the court of Louis XVI in the 1780s.

Book Details

Language

English

Original Language

French

Published In

1849

Genre/Category

Adventure Novel

Tags/Keywords

Revolution Action Court Historical Fiction Fraud Royalty

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Dumas began his career by writing plays, which were successfully produced from the first. He also wrote numerous magazine articles and travel books; his published works totalled 100,000 pages. In the...

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