Ebook: How to ruin a queen: Marie Antoinette, the stolen diamonds and the scandal that shook the French throne

A tale of greed, lust, deceit, theft on an extraordinary scale, charlatanry, kidnapping, assassination and escape from prison.;Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Dramatis Personae; Prologue: Before the Law; 1. Princess in Rags; 2. The Man Who Never Grew Up; 3. Faith, Hope and Charity; 4. Antoinette Against Versailles; 5. In My Lady's Chamber; 6. Notes on a Scandal; 7. To Play the Queen; 8. Diamonds and Best Friends; 9. The Greatest Man in Europe: An Interlude; 10. Follow the Money; 11. Days of Reckoning; 12. 'I Will Pay for Everything'; 13. Arresting Developments; 14. Hotel Bastille; 15. Witness Protection; 16. Tired and Emotional; 17. Nicolas Abroad: A Picaresque; 18. Questions, Questions.