Book description
DISCOVER A LOST CLASSIC IN PLAIDY'S WONDERFUL HISTORICAL SERIES
A STORY OF GREED, DUPLICITY, ROMANCE AND INTRIGUE, AND A MYSTERY
SAID TO HAVE BROUGHT DOWN THE FRENCH MONARCHY.
The world shook at the eruption of the French Revolution, a
revolution, some say, precipitated by a single factor: the theft of
the Diamond Necklace which, it seemed, had been commissioned for Marie
Antoinette and helped to bring both her and King Louis XVI to the guillotine.
But behind the scandal was a complex and daring conspiracy involving
a Prince of the Royal House of France, the charming and deceitful
countess Jeanne de Valois, and the infamous Comte de Cagliostro - all
pawns in a secret, devious plot for wealth and supremacy in Europe.
'Jean Plaidy, by the skilful blending of superb storytelling and
meticulous attention to authenticity of detail and depth of
characterisation has become one of the country's most widely read
novelists.' Sunday Times
'Full-blooded, dramatic, exciting.' Observer
'Plaidy excels at blending history with romance and drama.' New
York Times
'Outstanding' Vanity Fair
Jean Plaidy, one of the preeminent authors of historical fiction for
most of the twentieth century, is the pen name of the prolific English
author Eleanor Hibbert, also known as Victoria Holt. Jean Plaidy's
novels had sold more than 14 million copies worldwide by the time of her
death in 1993.
