Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2006-12-16 Public domain in the USA. 268 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 Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen%27s_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.) Reading ease score: 83.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. 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 Category: Historical Novels Category: Novels Category: French Literature 852076 2025-08-08T12:00:01.797926 text/html 923554 2021-08-03T12:11:29 text/html 785387 2025-08-08T12:00:16.731829 application/epub+zip 788520 2025-08-08T12:00:05.256928 application/epub+zip 456712 2025-08-08T12:00:03.818843 application/epub+zip 1068871 2025-08-08T12:00:24.846787 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1013455 2025-08-08T12:00:15.760872 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 656932 2022-09-09T12:54:39.833298 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 778321 2025-08-08T12:00:00.271861 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 778093 2021-08-03T12:15:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21229 2025-08-08T12:00:24.996792 application/rdf+xml 14388 2025-08-08T12:00:04.360839 image/jpeg 3449 2025-08-08T12:00:04.089864 image/jpeg 275627 2021-08-03T12:15:45 application/octet-stream application/zip 592276 2021-08-03T12:16:09 application/octet-stream application/zip 664174 2025-08-08T12:00:01.867850 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia