The Diamond Letters
Amouteru_Gray
"What is the quickest way to ruin a queen?"
Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy is a Countess in 18th century France, and lives a comfortable life married to a rich man, in the upper class of the country.
But she is a devious women, and has her mind set on a more lavish and extravagant life, and after failing to win favor with the queen herself, Marie Antoinette, decides to pull off a large scale scandal, through such inconsequential things as letters.
From her secret lover working alongside her, to the Cardinal in which she is manipulating while being a mistress of, she pulls out all the stops for the scheme that ultimately led to the beheading of Queen Marie Antoinette.
This story accounts the infamous real life events of the Diamond Necklace Affair, and gives you some incite into what ultimately caused the beheading of Marie Antoinette.
* this is a historical FICTION novel, so there may be some embellishments, and possible inaccurate descriptions due to the limited research of some topics. (this did happen over 300 years ago). But anyway, I hope you enjoy!*