The queen's necklace
by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet
- First published
- 1849
- Reading level
- Easy
- Price
- Free
About the book
"The queen's necklace" by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet is a novel published in 1849 and 1850. Loosely based on the infamous Affair of the Diamond Necklace that scandalized Louis XVI's court, the story unfolds between 1784 and 1785. The mysterious Count Cagliostro pulls the strings behind a web of fraud and royal intrigue. As the novel opens with prophetic warnings of doom, readers know that even the queen's desperate attempts to prove her innocence may be destined to fail.
- Biographical fiction
- Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793
- Cagliostro, Alessandro, conte di, 1743-1795
- Queens
- France
Updated September 2026. Public domain in the USA. Text and summary from Project Gutenberg eBook #20122. The queen's necklace on Wikipedia.
