Bibliograph

The queen's necklace, Antal Szerb ; translated from the Hungarian by Len Rix

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The queen's necklace, Antal Szerb ; translated from the Hungarian by Len Rix

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The queen's necklace

Oclc number

1079757849

Responsibility statement

Antal Szerb ; translated from the Hungarian by Len Rix

Summary

'A sparkling slice of eighteenth-century life' Paul Bailey, Independent. In August 1785 Paris buzzed with scandal. An eminent churchman, a notorious charlatan, a female fraudster, a part-time prostitute and the hated Queen herself were all involved. At its heart was the most expensive diamond necklace ever assembled - and the web of fraud, folly and self-delusion it had inspired. In Szerb's last major work, a witty and often surprising account of events, the story is used as a standpoint from which to survey the entire age. Written in war-torn Hungary in the early 1940s, it constitutes a remarkable gesture of defiance against the brutal world in which the writer lived and died

Target audience

adult

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