Front matter
Reading edition
THE STORY OF THE DIAMOND NECKLACE
TOLD IN DETAIL FOR THE FIRST TIME BY THE AID OF CONTEMPORARY MEMOIRS, ORIGINAL LETTERS, AND OFFICIAL AND OTHER DOCUMENTS;
AND COMPRISING
A SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF THE COUNTESS DE LA MOTTE, PRETENDED CONFIDANT OF MARIE-ANTOINETTE, WITH PARTICULARS OF THE CAREERS OF THE OTHER ACTORS IN THIS REMARKABLE DRAMA.
By HENRY VIZETELLY, Author of “Berlin Under the New Empire,” etc.
Illustrated with an exact representation of the Diamond Necklace, from a contemporary drawing, and a portrait of the Countess de la Motte, engraved on steel.
Third Edition, Revised.
LONDON: Vizetelly & Co., 10 Southampton Street, Strand. 1881.
[All rights reserved.]
S. Cowan & Co., Strathmore Press, Perth.
TO A. E. V. THE LIGHT OF MY HOME, THE HAPPINESS OF MY LIFE, I DEDICATE, WITH MUCH AFFECTION, THIS RECORD OF AN ERRING WOMAN’S CAREER.
H. V.
Paris, 1867.