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)
PROLOGUE, Part I. THE PREDICTIONSPROLOGUE, Part II. M. DE LA PEROUSEI. TWO UNKNOWN LADIESII. AN INTERIORIII. JEANNE DE LA MOTTE VALOISIV. BELUSV. THE ROAD TO VERSAILLESVI. LAURENTVII. THE QUEEN'S BED-CHAMBERVIII. THE QUEEN'S PETITE LEVEEIX. THE SWISS LAKEX. THE TEMPTERXI. M. DE SUFFRENXII. M. DE CHARNYXIII. THE ONE HUNDRED LOUIS OF THE QUEENXIV. M. FINGRETXV. THE CARDINAL DE ROHANXVI. MESMER AND ST. MARTINXVII. THE BUCKETXVIII. MADEMOISELLE OLIVIAXIX. MONSIEUR BEAUSIREXX. GOLDXXI. LA PETITE MAISONXXII. SOME WORDS ABOUT THE OPERAXXIII. THE BALL AT THE OPERAXXIV. THE EXAMINATIONXXV. THE ACADEMY OF M. BEAUSIREXXVI. THE AMBASSADORXXVII. MESSRS. BOEHMER AND BOSSANGEXXVIII. THE AMBASSADOR'S HOTELXXIX. THE BARGAINXXX. THE JOURNALIST'S HOUSEXXXI. HOW TWO FRIENDS BECAME ENEMIESXXXII. THE HOUSE IN THE RUE ST. GILLESXXXIII. THE HEAD OF THE TAVERNEY FAMILYXXXIV. THE STANZAS OF M. DE PROVENCEXXXV. THE PRINCESS DE LAMBALLEXXXVI. THE QUEENXXXVII. AN ALIBIXXXVIII. M. DE CROSNEXXXIX. THE TEMPTRESSXL. TWO AMBITIONS THAT WISH TO PASS FOR TWO LOVESXLI. FACES UNDER THEIR MASKSXLII. IN WHICH M. DUCORNEAU UNDERSTANDS NOTHING OF WHAT IS PASSINGXLIII. ILLUSIONS AND REALITYXLIV. OLIVA BEGINS TO ASK WHAT THEY WANT OF HERXLV. THE DESERTED HOUSEXLVI. JEANNE THE PROTECTRESSXLVII. JEANNE PROTECTEDXLVIII. THE QUEEN'S PORTFOLIOXLIX. IN WHICH WE FIND DR. LOUISL. AEGRI SOMNIALI. ANDREELII. DELIRIUMLIII. CONVALESCENCELIV. TWO BLEEDING HEARTSLV. THE MINISTER OF FINANCELVI. THE CARDINAL DE ROHANLVII. DEBTOR AND CREDITORLVIII. FAMILY ACCOUNTSLIX. MARIE ANTOINETTE AS QUEEN AND MADAME DE LA MOTTE AS WOMANLX. THE RECEIPT OF MM. BOEHMER AND BOSSANGE, AND THE GRATITUDE OF THE QUEENLXI. THE PRISONERLXII. THE LOOK OUTLXIII. THE TWO NEIGHBORSLXIV. THE RENDEZVOUSLXV. THE QUEEN'S HANDLXVI. WOMAN AND QUEENLXVII. WOMAN AND DEMONLXVIII. THE NIGHTLXIX. THE CONGELXX. THE JEALOUSY OF THE CARDINALLXXI. THE FLIGHTLXXII. THE LETTER AND THE RECEIPTLXIII. ''Roi ne puis, prince ne daigne, Rohan je suis''LXXIV. LOVE AND DIPLOMACYLXXV. CHARNY, CARDINAL AND QUEENLXXVI. EXPLANATIONSLXXVII. THE ARRESTLXXVIII. THE PROCES-VERBALLXXIX. THE LAST ACCUSATIONLXXX. THE PROPOSAL OF MARRIAGELXXXI. ST DENISLXXXII. A DEAD HEARTLXXXIII. IN WHICH IT IS EXPLAINED WHY THE BARON DE TAVERNEY GREW FATLXXXIV. THE FATHER AND THE FIANCEELXXXV. AFTER THE DRAGON, THE VIPERLXXXVI. HOW IT CAME TO PASS THAT M. BEAUSIRE WAS TRACKED BY THE AGENTS OF M. CROSNELXXXVII. THE TURTLES ARE CAGEDLXXXVIII. THE LAST HOPE LOSTLXXXIX. THE BAPTISM OF THE LITTLE BEAUSIREXC. THE TRIALXCI. THE EXECUTIONXCII. THE MARRIAGE
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