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How to Ruin a Queen
- Marie Antoinette, the Stolen Diamonds and the Scandal that Shook the French Throne
Engelsk
Bogcover for How to Ruin a Queen af Jonathan Beckman, 9781848549975
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
400
ISBN-13:
9781848549975
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1848549970
Udg. Dato:
23 apr 2015
Længde:
29mm
Bredde:
198mm
Højde:
131mm
Forlag:
John Murray Press
Oplagsdato:
23 apr 2015
Forfatter(e):

How to Ruin a Queen

- Marie Antoinette, the Stolen Diamonds and the Scandal that Shook the French Throne
Engelsk
Paperback
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''A hell of a tale and Jonathan Beckman gives it all the verve and swagger it deserves . . . I read it with fascination, delight and frequent snorts of incredulity'' The Spectator

On 5 September 1785, a trial began in Paris that would divide the country, captivate Europe and send the French monarchy tumbling down the slope towards the Revolution. Cardinal Louis de Rohan, scion of one of the most ancient and distinguished families in France, stood accused of forging Marie Antoinette''s signature to fraudulently obtain the most expensive piece of jewellery in Europe - a 2,400-carat necklace worth 1.6 million francs.

Where were the diamonds now? Was Rohan entirely innocent? Was, for that matter, the queen? What was the role of the charismatic magus, the comte de Cagliostro, who was rumoured to be two-thousand-years old and capable of transforming metal into gold?

This is a tale of political machinations and extravagance on an enormous scale; of kidnappings, prison breaks and assassination attempts; of hapless French police disguised as colliers, 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.






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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
400
ISBN-13:
9781848549975
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1848549970
Udg. Dato:
23 apr 2015
Længde:
29mm
Bredde:
198mm
Højde:
131mm
Forlag:
John Murray Press
Oplagsdato:
23 apr 2015
Forfatter(e):
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