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The Queen's Necklace

by Alexandre DUMAS (1802 - 1870)

XXXIV. THE STANZAS OF M. DE PROVENCE

The Queen's Necklace is historical fiction based on an actual scandal in the court of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI during 1784-85, "The Diamond Necklace Affair". The Diamond Necklace Affair contributed to the discrediting of the Marie Antoinette and the monarchy of Louis XVI prior to the French Revolution. The backdrop is the rebellious state of the French people due in part to adverse weather and crop failures affecting the food supply and price of bread during the 1780s, contrasted to the extravagance of the French monarchy. The Queen's Necklace is the 3rd novel in the Marie Antoinette series by Alexandre Dumas. (summary by Gail Timmerman-Vaughan)

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L. AEGRI SOMNIA , LI. ANDREE , LII. DELIRIUM , LIII. CONVALESCENCE , LIV. TWO BLEEDING HEARTS , LIX. MARIE ANTOINETTE AS QUEEN AND MADAME DE LA MOTTE AS WOMAN , LV. THE MINISTER OF FINANCE , LVI. THE CARDINAL DE ROHAN , LVII. DEBTOR AND CREDITOR , LVIII. FAMILY ACCOUNTS , LX. THE RECEIPT OF MM. BOEHMER AND BOSSANGE, AND THE GRATITUDE OF THE QUEEN , LXI. THE PRISONER , LXII. THE LOOK OUT , LXIII. ''Roi ne puis, prince ne daigne, Rohan je suis'' , LXIII. THE TWO NEIGHBORS , LXIV. THE RENDEZVOUS , LXIX. THE CONGE , LXV. THE QUEEN'S HAND , LXVI. WOMAN AND QUEEN , LXVII. WOMAN AND DEMON , LXVIII. THE NIGHT , LXX. THE JEALOUSY OF THE CARDINAL , LXXI. THE FLIGHT , LXXII. THE LETTER AND THE RECEIPT , LXXIV. LOVE AND DIPLOMACY , LXXIX. THE LAST ACCUSATION , LXXV. CHARNY, CARDINAL AND QUEEN , LXXVI. EXPLANATIONS , LXXVII. THE ARREST , LXXVIII. THE PROCES-VERBAL , LXXX. THE PROPOSAL OF MARRIAGE , LXXXI. ST DENIS , LXXXII. A DEAD HEART , LXXXIII. IN WHICH IT IS EXPLAINED WHY THE BARON DE TAVERNEY GREW FAT , LXXXIV. THE FATHER AND THE FIANCEE , LXXXIX. THE BAPTISM OF THE LITTLE BEAUSIRE , LXXXV. AFTER THE DRAGON, THE VIPER , LXXXVI. HOW IT CAME TO PASS THAT M. BEAUSIRE WAS TRACKED BY THE AGENTS OF M. CROSNE , LXXXVII. THE TURTLES ARE CAGED , LXXXVIII. THE LAST HOPE LOST , XC. THE TRIAL , XCI. THE EXECUTION , XCII. THE MARRIAGE , XL. TWO AMBITIONS THAT WISH TO PASS FOR TWO LOVES , XLI. FACES UNDER THEIR MASKS , XLII. IN WHICH M. DUCORNEAU UNDERSTANDS NOTHING OF WHAT IS PASSING , XLIII. ILLUSIONS AND REALITY , XLIV. OLIVA BEGINS TO ASK WHAT THEY WANT OF HER , XLIX. IN WHICH WE FIND DR. LOUIS , XLV. THE DESERTED HOUSE , XLVI. JEANNE THE PROTECTRESS , XLVII. JEANNE PROTECTED , XLVIII. THE QUEEN'S PORTFOLIO , XXXIX. THE TEMPTRESS , XXXV. THE PRINCESS DE LAMBALLE , XXXVI. THE QUEEN , XXXVII. AN ALIBI , XXXVIII. M. DE CROSNE