How to Ruin a Queen: Marie Antoinette and the Diamond Necklace Affair

This non-fiction book is an investigation into the people and events that led up to what has been dubbed the diamond necklace affair that helped ignite the French Revolution. This historical scam began to unravel when the jewelers began to demand payment from an unsuspecting Marie Antoinette and her husband, King Louis XVI.The fraud unravelled when the jewellers began pestering the Queen for payment, and one by one, the culprits were exposed. Cardinal Rohan, a man desperate to rise in power and eager to gain entry into the inner circle of the king and queen. Jeanne, an poor descendant of a king's bastard, Retaux de Villette a fraudster, a prostitute, and an unsuspecting jeweler.The gullibility of the cardinal, the shrewdness of Jeanne, and the mischief of a prostitute and a brazen lover make this an incredibly interesting read, to say the least. This book is an excellent resource for those who want to learn more about this horrendous scandal, the tumultuous era of the French Revolution, and the sad fate of a king and queen who lost the respect of the public they served.