The Necklace Caper That Sparked a Revolution w/ Vic Michaelis

Laci welcomes world-class improviser Vic Michaelis (Dropout: Very Important People) to explore history’s most glittering con job carried out by Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy, the self-proclaimed "Comtesse de la Motte." She orchestrated the 1785 scandal at the court of Louis XVI that discredited the French monarchy and may have helped spark the French Revolution. Stay schemin’!

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Research by Kathryn Doyle

SOURCES

https://www.thecollector.com/what-was-the-diamond-necklace-affair/

https://www.britannica.com/event/Affair-of-the-Diamond-Necklace

https://en.chateauversailles.fr/discover/history/key-dates/affair-diamond-necklace-1784-1785

https://www.history.com/articles/marie-antoinette-diamond-necklace-affair-french-revolution

https://www.theparisianguide.com/the-affair-of-the-diamond-necklace/

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