The Queen's Necklace

by Antal Szerb

Published 30 September 2009

A witty and erudite love letter to a bygone age, from one of Europe's last great humanists.

"A sparkling slice of eighteenth-century life" Paul Bailey, Independent

In August 1785 Paris buzzed with scandal. It involved an eminent churchman, a notorious charlatan, a female fraudster, a part-time prostitute and the...

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