This is a thrilling adventure story with plots that involve lovers, rivalries, betrayal, and power struggles. Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet bring to life the historical events that revolve around the infamous Queen's Necklace scandal and the French Revolution. Readers will be transported to a different time and place and be immersed in the drama and intrigue of the royal court. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.