The Marie Antoinette Romances, Vol 3: The Queen's Necklace (Version 2)
Alexandre Dumas
Read by John Van Stan





This 3rd volume of the Marie Antoinette Romances begins a decade after the close of "The Mesmerist’s Victim” and is based on a real scandal in Louis XVI’s court, commonly called “The Diamond Necklace Affair.” In this volume, the plotting of a powerful occultist, Count Cogliostro (or “Balsamo”), collides with the long-festering resentments of a previous royal house, Jeanne de Valois (de la Motte), a growing popular movement for sociopolitical reform, and a shrinking supply of bread. It is easy to see how converging sociopolitical challenges can threaten the monarchy, but how can the court of Louis XVI overcome these challenges amidst a famine? After all, in the words of his economic advisor, Turgot de l'Aulnes, “Ne vous mêlez pas du pain” (One must not meddle with bread)! - Summary by jvanstan (16 hr 40 min)
Chapters
Prologue, The Predictions | 19:45 | Read by John Van Stan |
Prologue, M. de la Perouse, Part 1 | 36:57 | Read by John Van Stan |
Prologue, M. de la Perouse, Part 2 | 28:45 | Read by John Van Stan |
Two Unknown Ladies | 14:05 | Read by John Van Stan |
An Interior | 10:05 | Read by John Van Stan |
Jeanne de la Motte Valois | 20:40 | Read by John Van Stan |
Belus | 10:18 | Read by John Van Stan |
The Road to Versailles | 14:12 | Read by John Van Stan |
Laurent | 21:15 | Read by John Van Stan |
The Queen's Bed-Chamber | 25:30 | Read by John Van Stan |
The Queen's Petite Levee | 16:30 | Read by John Van Stan |
The Swiss Lake | 8:20 | Read by John Van Stan |
The Tempter | 12:45 | Read by John Van Stan |
M. de Suffren | 12:05 | Read by John Van Stan |
M. de Charny | 9:25 | Read by John Van Stan |
The 100 Louis of the Queen | 5:10 | Read by John Van Stan |
M. Fingret | 9:45 | Read by John Van Stan |
The Cardinal de Rohan | 23:20 | Read by John Van Stan |
Mesmer and St. Martin | 6:40 | Read by John Van Stan |
The Bucket | 11:25 | Read by John Van Stan |
Mademoiselle Olivia | 11:01 | Read by John Van Stan |
Monsieur Beausire | 6:25 | Read by John Van Stan |
Gold | 8:35 | Read by John Van Stan |
La Petite Mason | 22:21 | Read by John Van Stan |
Some Word's about the Opera | 3:25 | Read by John Van Stan |
The Ball at the Opera | 29:50 | Read by John Van Stan |
The Examination | 4:50 | Read by John Van Stan |
The Academy of Beausire | 18:30 | Read by John Van Stan |
The Ambassador | 9:20 | Read by John Van Stan |
Messrs. Boehmer and Bossange | 6:40 | Read by John Van Stan |
The Ambassador's Hotel | 11:10 | Read by John Van Stan |
The Bargain | 10:20 | Read by John Van Stan |
The Journalist's House | 13:35 | Read by John Van Stan |
How Two Friends Became Enemies | 10:20 | Read by John Van Stan |
The House in the Rue St. Gilles | 17:25 | Read by John Van Stan |
The Head of the Taverney Family | 8:50 | Read by John Van Stan |
The Stanzas of M. de Provence | 10:54 | Read by John Van Stan |
The Princess de Lamballe | 11:40 | Read by John Van Stan |
The Queen | 18:18 | Read by John Van Stan |
An Alibi | 13:03 | Read by John Van Stan |
M. de Crosne | 9:00 | Read by John Van Stan |
The Temptress | 7:35 | Read by John Van Stan |
Two Ambitions that Wish to Pass for Two Loves | 4:35 | Read by John Van Stan |
Faces under Their Masks | 16:05 | Read by John Van Stan |
In Which M. Ducorneau Understands Nothing of What is Passing | 11:15 | Read by John Van Stan |
Illusions and Reality | 4:15 | Read by John Van Stan |
Olivia Begins to Ask What They Want of Her | 6:05 | Read by John Van Stan |
The Deserted House | 3:21 | Read by John Van Stan |
Jeanne the Protectress | 8:15 | Read by John Van Stan |
Jeanne Protected | 9:15 | Read by John Van Stan |
The Queen's Portfolio | 6:05 | Read by John Van Stan |
In Which We Find Dr. Louis | 6:25 | Read by John Van Stan |
Aegri Somnia | 7:30 | Read by John Van Stan |
Andree | 8:30 | Read by John Van Stan |
Delirium | 5:23 | Read by John Van Stan |
Convalescence | 8:30 | Read by John Van Stan |
Two Bleeding Hearts | 10:44 | Read by John Van Stan |
The Minister of Finance | 6:57 | Read by John Van Stan |
The Cardinal de Rohan | 12:10 | Read by John Van Stan |
Debtor and Creditor | 9:25 | Read by John Van Stan |
Family Accounts | 7:10 | Read by John Van Stan |
Marie Antoinette as Queen and Madame de la Motte as Woman | 7:10 | Read by John Van Stan |
The Receipt of MM. Boehmer and Bossange, and the Gratitude of the Queen | 6:20 | Read by John Van Stan |
The Prisoner | 9:45 | Read by John Van Stan |
The Look Out | 3:30 | Read by John Van Stan |
The Two Neighbors | 6:55 | Read by John Van Stan |
The Rendezvous | 5:15 | Read by John Van Stan |
The Queen's Hand | 3:30 | Read by John Van Stan |
Woman and Queen | 10:35 | Read by John Van Stan |
Woman and Demon | 9:40 | Read by John Van Stan |
The Night | 7:30 | Read by John Van Stan |
The Conge | 7:40 | Read by John Van Stan |
The Jealousy of the Cardinal | 14:20 | Read by John Van Stan |
The Flight | 8:57 | Read by John Van Stan |
The Letter and the Receipt | 6:49 | Read by John Van Stan |
Roi ne Puis, Prince ne Daigne, Rohan Je Suis | 10:15 | Read by John Van Stan |
Love and Diplomacy | 8:42 | Read by John Van Stan |
Charny, Cardinal and Queen | 8:26 | Read by John Van Stan |
Explanations | 11:15 | Read by John Van Stan |
The Arrest | 10:20 | Read by John Van Stan |
The Process-Verbal | 7:11 | Read by John Van Stan |
The Last Accusation | 8:24 | Read by John Van Stan |
The Proposal of Marriage | 7:34 | Read by John Van Stan |
St. Denis | 2:34 | Read by John Van Stan |
A Dead Heart | 7:03 | Read by John Van Stan |
In Which It Is Explained Why the Baron de Taverney Grew Fat | 5:25 | Read by John Van Stan |
The Father and the Fiancee | 7:55 | Read by John Van Stan |
After the Dragon, the Viper | 6:55 | Read by John Van Stan |
How It Came to Pass that M. Beausire Was Tracked by the Agents of M. Crosne | 4:30 | Read by John Van Stan |
The Turtles Are Caged | 23:45 | Read by John Van Stan |
The Last Hope Lost | 3:42 | Read by John Van Stan |
The Baptism of the Little Beausire | 2:05 | Read by John Van Stan |
The Trial | 8:25 | Read by John Van Stan |
The Execution | 10:50 | Read by John Van Stan |
The Marriage | 5:20 | Read by John Van Stan |