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    The Queen's Necklace: A Play in Five Acts
    The Queen's Necklace: A Play in Five Acts
    The Queen's Necklace: A Play in Five Acts
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    The Queen's Necklace: A Play in Five Acts

    By Alexandre Dumas

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    While French writer Alexandre Dumas is best-known for The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo, many critics consider his Marie-Antoinette novels to be his greatest achievement. Indeed, he was working on a dramatization of The Queen's Necklace at the time of his death in 1870. This was never published, but French playwright Pierre Decourcelle then produced his own version of this work. A successful dramatist, Decourcelle did a brilliant job of adapting Dumas's epic novel, salting the text with such larger-than-life figures as King Louis XVI, Queen Marie-Antoninette, Cagliostro, and the Countess de la Motte. When the scandal surrounding the French court finally breaks, you have the feeling that you're actually there, watching the tragedy unfold before your eyes. First-rate historical drama!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWildside Press
    Release dateAug 9, 2013
    ISBN9781434443311
    The Queen's Necklace: A Play in Five Acts
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    Alexandre Dumas

    Frequently imitated but rarely surpassed, Dumas is one of the best known French writers and a master of ripping yarns full of fearless heroes, poisonous ladies and swashbuckling adventurers. his other novels include The Three Musketeers and The Man in the Iron Mask, which have sold millions of copies and been made into countless TV and film adaptions.

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