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

Nā:

Szerb, Antal, 1901-1945 [author.]

Kaituhi:

Rix, L. B. (Len B.) [translator.]

Momo rauemi: Text

9781782274476
1782274472

Uniform titles:

Királyné nyaklánca. English.

Ngā marau:

Genre/Form:

Historical fiction.

DDC classification:

894.511332 23

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.

Ngā tūtohu mai i tēnei whare pukapuka: Kāore he tūtohu i tēnei whare pukapuka mō tēnei taitara. Takiuru ki te tāpiri tūtohu.

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"The Queen's Necklace was first published as A Királyné Nyaklánca in Hungary, 1942"--Title page verso.

'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.

Translated from the Hungarian.

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