The story of the diamond necklace
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- told in detail for the first time, chiefly by the aid of original letters, official and other documents, and contemporary memoirs recently made public; and comprising a sketch of the life of the Countess de la Motte, pretended confidant of Marie-Antoinette, and particulars of the careers of the other actors in the remarkable drama
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1. Front matter2. ADVERTISEMENT.3. PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.4. AUTHORITIES REFERRED TO IN THIS WORK.5. Introductory material6. I. 1764. A SCION OF ROYALTY IN TATTERS.—“TAKE PITY ON THE ORPHAN DESCENDANTS OF HENRY II., KING OF FRANCE.”7. II. 1717–1764. THE SAINT-REMIS OF VALOIS.—A TRAMP UP TO THE CAPITAL.8. III. 1764–1779. MANTUA-MAKER’S APPRENTICE.—PENSIONER UNDER THE CROWN.—BOARDER IN A CONVENT.9. IV. 1773–1778. THE DIAMOND NECKLACE: ORDERED, BUT NOT SOLD.10. V. 1779–1780. AT BAR-SUR-AUBE.—COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE.11. VI. 1780–1782. COUNTESS DE LA MOTTE.—IN BARRACKS AT LUNÉVILLE.—ON A FIFTH FLOOR IN PARIS.—ENSNARES THE GRAND ALMONER.12. VII. 1783. OSCILLATES BETWEEN PARIS AND VERSAILLES.—SENDS OUT BEGGING LETTERS AND PETITIONS.—FAINTS IN MADAME’S SALLE D’ATTENTE.—DESPAIR.13. VIII. 1781–1783. THE DIAMOND NECKLACE AGAIN.—STILL NOT SOLD.14. IX. 1784. SOI-DISANT CONFIDANT OF THE QUEEN.—AT VERSAILLES AND LITTLE TRIANON.15. X. 1772–1774. HIS EMINENCE CARDINAL, COMMENDATOR, GRAND ALMONER, PRINCE-BISHOP LOUIS-RENÉ-ÉDOUARD DE ROHAN.16. XI. 1784. PRETENDED MEDIATOR BETWEEN THE CARDINAL AND THE QUEEN.—A FORGER ON THE PREMISES.—BILLETS-DOUX BORDERED WITH “VIGNETTES BLEUES.”17. XII. 1784. June–July. THE COUNTERFEIT QUEEN.18. XIII. 1784. July. THE MIDNIGHT INTERVIEW.—“YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS.”19. XIV. 1784. July–Nov. A GOLDEN HARVEST.—HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF.—BARONESS D’OLIVA IS GIVEN THE COLD SHOULDER.20. XV. 1784. Nov. GRAND DOINGS AT BAR-SUR-AUBE.21. XVI. Dec. 1784–Jan. 1785. THE DIAMOND NECKLACE IS SOLD AT LAST.22. XVII. 1781–1785. CHARLATAN COUNT CAGLIOSTRO.23. XVIII. 1785. Feb. THE DIAMOND NECKLACE IS DELIVERED.24. XIX. 1785. Feb.–Aug. THE DIAMOND NECKLACE VANISHES!25. XX. 1785. Feb.–June. THE DIAMONDS ARE DISPERSED.—COUNT DE LA MOTTE GOES TO ENGLAND ON BUSINESS.26. XXI. 1785. June 22–Aug. 6. THE GATHERING OF THE STORM.27. XXII. 1785. August 8–17. TWELVE DAYS’ STATE AT BAR-SUR-AUBE.28. XXIII. 1785. August 15–23. LETTRES-DE-CACHET IN THE ŒIL-DE-BŒUF—IN THE RUE SAINT-CLAUDE—AND AT BAR-SUR-AUBE.29. XXIV. 1785. Aug. 19–Sept. 13. A DREARY DAY AND NIGHT’S DRIVE.—THE BASTILLE.—A “VALOIS” SERVED OFF PEWTER.30. XXV. EFFECT PRODUCED ON THE PUBLIC MIND BY THESE ARRESTS.—THE ENEMIES OF THE QUEEN.31. XXVI. LITTLE TRIANON, AND THE QUEEN’S SOCIETY THERE.32. XXVII. 1785. CALUMNIES AGAINST THE QUEEN.—HER ANIMOSITY AGAINST THE CARDINAL DE ROHAN.33. XXVIII. 1785. Sept.–Oct. PREPARATIONS FOR THE TRIAL.—CAPTURE OF THE COUNTERFEIT QUEEN.34. XXIX. 1786. Jan. THE TRIAL: EXAMINATION OF THE ACCUSED.35. XXX. 1786. Feb.–March. THE TRIAL: THE CONFRONTATIONS OF THE ACCUSED WITH EACH OTHER AND WITH THE WITNESSES.36. XXXI. 1786. April–May. ARREST OF THE FORGER VILLETTE—HIS EXAMINATIONS AND CONFRONTATIONS.37. XXXII. 1786. May 29, 30. THE CONCIERGERIE.—BEFORE THE COURT OF PARLIAMENT, GRAND CHAMBER, AND “TOURNELLE.”38. XXXIII. 1786. May 31. DEBATE IN THE COURT OF PARLIAMENT.—THE SENTENCES.39. XXXIV. 1786. June. THE SENTENCES CARRIED OUT.—“WHAT IS RESERVED FOR THE BLOOD OF THE BOURBONS?”40. XXXV. Aug. 1785–June 1786. COUNT DE LA MOTTE’S FLIGHT—COLD STEEL AND POISON.41. XXXVI. 1786. June–Dec. THE SALPÊTRIÈRE.—TRUCKLE-BED AND PRISON FARE.—THE COUNT THREATENS THE FRENCH COURT.42. XXXVII. Dec., 1786–June, 1787. MYSTERIOUS HINTS GIVEN TO THE COUNTESS TO EFFECT HER ESCAPE.—SHE RESOLVES ON ATTEMPTING IT.43. XXXVIII. 1787. June–July. THE COUNTESS’S ESCAPE.—A LAST VISIT TO THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF BAR-SUR-AUBE.44. XXXIX. Aug. 1787–April, 1789. IN LONDON.—THE COUNTESS GIVES UP FORGERY AND TAKES TO CALUMNY.45. XL. April, 1787–May, 1792. THE COUNT HAWKS THE LIBELS ABROAD.—IS IMPRISONED IN LA FORCE AND THE CONCIERGERIE.—THE LAST OF THE DE LA MOTTE LIBELS.46. XLI. May, 1789–Aug. 1791. RETRIBUTION.—THE CRIMINAL AND HER ACCOMPLICES.47. XLII. 1786–1793. DUPE AND VICTIM.48. XLIII. 1792–1831. “NESTOR DE LA MOTTE.”—ILL GOTTEN GAIN NEVER PROSPERS.—GREEN OLD AGE.49. XLIV. 1786–1866. THE CROWN JEWELLERS.—THE END OF THE NECKLACE CASE.—HISTORY AGAIN REPEATS ITSELF.50. XLV. SUMMING UP OF THE EVIDENCE AGAINST MARIE-ANTOINETTE.51. APPENDIX.52. FOOTNOTES