The Queen's Necklace by Alexandre Dumas

290 pages first pub 1849 (editions)

fiction classics historical mysterious slow-paced

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The Queen's Necklace is loosely based on the Affair of the Diamond Necklace, an episode involving fraud and royal scandal that made headlines at the court of Louis XVI in the 1780s. Itpresents an idealized portrait of Queen Marie Antoinette but al...

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challenging 50%
funny 50%
mysterious 50%
sad 50%

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medium 50%

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Loveable characters?

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