How to Ruin a Queen
Marie Antoinette and the Diamond Necklace Affair
by Jonathan Beckman
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Pub Date Sep 02 2014 | Archive Date Sep 02 2014
Perseus Books Group, Da Capo Press | Da Capo Press
Description
A true tale of greed, lust, deceit, theft, charlatanry, kidnapping, and assassination in the final years of Marie Antoinette’s court.
In 1785, a sensational trial began in Paris that would divide the country and captivate Europe. A prominent Catholic cardinal stood accused of forging the queen’s signature to steal the most expensive piece of jewelry in Europe: Marie Antoinette’s diamond necklace. The revelations from the trial would send the French monarchy headfirst into a bloody revolution.
In How to Ruin a Queen, award-winning author Jonathan Beckman tells of political machinations and enormous extravagance; of kidnappings, prison breaks, and assassination attempts; of hapless French police in disguise, reams of lesbian pornography, and a duel fought with poisoned pigs. It is a detective story, a courtroom drama, a tragicomic farce, and a study of credulity and self deception in the Age of Enlightenment.
In 1785, a sensational trial began in Paris that would divide the country and captivate Europe. A prominent Catholic cardinal stood accused of forging the queen’s signature to steal the most expensive piece of jewelry in Europe: Marie Antoinette’s diamond necklace. The revelations from the trial would send the French monarchy headfirst into a bloody revolution.
In How to Ruin a Queen, award-winning author Jonathan Beckman tells of political machinations and enormous extravagance; of kidnappings, prison breaks, and assassination attempts; of hapless French police in disguise, reams of lesbian pornography, and a duel fought with poisoned pigs. It is a detective story, a courtroom drama, a tragicomic farce, and a study of credulity and self deception in the Age of Enlightenment.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9780306823558 |
| PRICE | $26.99 (USD) |
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