<b>The text of this book is not available in this moment.</b><br/><img src="/Content/books/thumbs/15284.jpg" style="margin-top:15px;margin-right:15px;margin-bottom:25px;float:left"><u>Marie Antoinette Romances, Vol 3: The Queen's Necklace (Version 2)</u><br><span>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)!</span><div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />