Marie Antoinette Romances, Vol 3: The Queen's Necklace (Version 2)


This 3rd volume of the Marie Antoinette Romances begins a decade after the close of "The Mesmerist’s Victim” and is based on a real scandal in Louis XVI’s court, commonly called “The Diamond Necklace Affair.” In this volume, the plotting of a powerful occultist, Count Cogliostro (or “Balsamo”), collides with the long-festering resentments of a previous royal house, Jeanne de Valois (de la Motte), a growing popular movement for sociopolitical reform, and a shrinking supply of bread. It is easy to see how converging sociopolitical challenges can threaten the monarchy, but how can the court of Louis XVI overcome these challenges amidst a famine? After all, in the words of his economic advisor, Turgot de l'Aulnes, “Ne vous mêlez pas du pain” (One must not meddle with bread)! - Summary by jvanstan (16 hr 40 min)

Chapters

01 - Prologue, The Predictions 19:45
02 - Prologue, M. de la Perouse, Part 1 36:56
03 - Prologue, M. de la Perouse, Part 2 28:45
04 - Two Unknown Ladies 14:05
05 - An Interior 10:05
06 - Jeanne de la Motte Valois 20:40
07 - Belus 10:18
08 - The Road to Versailles 14:12
09 - Laurent 21:14
10 - The Queen's Bed-Chamber 25:30
11 - The Queen's Petite Levee 16:30
12 - The Swiss Lake 8:20
13 - The Tempter 12:45
14 - M. de Suffren 12:05
15 - M. de Charny 9:25
16 - The 100 Louis of the Queen 5:10
17 - M. Fingret 9:45
18 - The Cardinal de Rohan 23:20
19 - Mesmer and St. Martin 6:40
20 - The Bucket 11:25
21 - Mademoiselle Olivia 11:01
22 - Monsieur Beausire 6:25
23 - Gold 8:35
24 - La Petite Mason 22:21
25 - Some Word's about the Opera 3:24
26 - The Ball at the Opera 29:50
27 - The Examination 4:50
28 - The Academy of Beausire 18:30
29 - The Ambassador 9:20
30 - Messrs. Boehmer and Bossange 6:40
31 - The Ambassador's Hotel 11:10
32 - The Bargain 10:20
33 - The Journalist's House 13:35
34 - How Two Friends Became Enemies 10:20
35 - The House in the Rue St. Gilles 17:25
36 - The Head of the Taverney Family 8:49
37 - The Stanzas of M. de Provence 10:54
38 - The Princess de Lamballe 11:40
39 - The Queen 18:18
40 - An Alibi 13:03
41 - M. de Crosne 9:00
42 - The Temptress 7:35
43 - Two Ambitions that Wish to Pass for Two Loves 4:35
44 - Faces under Their Masks 16:05
45 - In Which M. Ducorneau Understands Nothing of What is Passing 11:15
46 - Illusions and Reality 4:14
47 - Olivia Begins to Ask What They Want of Her 6:05
48 - The Deserted House 3:20
49 - Jeanne the Protectress 8:15
50 - Jeanne Protected 9:15
51 - The Queen's Portfolio 6:05
52 - In Which We Find Dr. Louis 6:25
53 - Aegri Somnia 7:30
54 - Andree 8:30
55 - Delirium 5:22
56 - Convalescence 8:30
57 - Two Bleeding Hearts 10:44
58 - The Minister of Finance 6:57
59 - The Cardinal de Rohan 12:10
60 - Debtor and Creditor 9:25
61 - Family Accounts 7:10
62 - Marie Antoinette as Queen and Madame de la Motte as Woman 7:10
63 - The Receipt of MM. Boehmer and Bossange, and the Gratitude of the Queen 6:20
64 - The Prisoner 9:44
65 - The Look Out 3:30
66 - The Two Neighbors 6:55
67 - The Rendezvous 5:15
68 - The Queen's Hand 3:30
69 - Woman and Queen 10:35
70 - Woman and Demon 9:40
71 - The Night 7:30
72 - The Conge 7:40
73 - The Jealousy of the Cardinal 14:20
74 - The Flight 8:57
75 - The Letter and the Receipt 6:49
76 - Roi ne Puis, Prince ne Daigne, Rohan Je Suis 10:15
77 - Love and Diplomacy 8:41
78 - Charny, Cardinal and Queen 8:26
79 - Explanations 11:15
80 - The Arrest 10:20
81 - The Process-Verbal 7:11
82 - The Last Accusation 8:23
83 - The Proposal of Marriage 7:34
84 - St. Denis 2:33
85 - A Dead Heart 7:02
86 - In Which It Is Explained Why the Baron de Taverney Grew Fat 5:25
87 - The Father and the Fiancee 7:55
88 - After the Dragon, the Viper 6:55
89 - How It Came to Pass that M. Beausire Was Tracked by the Agents of M. Crosne 4:30
90 - The Turtles Are Caged 23:45
91 - The Last Hope Lost 3:42
92 - The Baptism of the Little Beausire 2:05
93 - The Trial 8:24
94 - The Execution 10:50
95 - The Marriage 5:20