JPHutchy01 t1_j19xd2x wrote on December 22, 2022 at 7:16 PM

The podcaster Mike Duncan covered this in an episode of the brilliant and sadly ending podcast Revolutions. https://thehistoryofrome.typepad.com/revolutions_podcast/2014/08/34-necker-and-the-necklace.html

DoctorKynes OP t1_j19yqrz wrote on December 22, 2022 at 7:25 PM

Awesome, I'll take a listen. Thanks.

BlindOctopusSausage t1_j1a5j09 wrote on December 22, 2022 at 8:10 PM

This is also an episode of puppet history. https://youtu.be/3u2FauOIPh8

Chillchinchila1 t1_j1anhqx wrote on December 22, 2022 at 10:10 PM

One of the reasons people were so pissed is many believed it was all a big conspiracy by Antoinette to buy the diamond without the people or king Louie finding out, and that the scam story was a coverup.

ty_kanye_vcool t1_j1acdyi wrote on December 22, 2022 at 8:55 PM

Larry Fitzgerald didn’t have a good eye for jewelry at the time

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coldfarm t1_j1luo3h wrote on December 25, 2022 at 1:07 PM

There’s a pretty bad movie about this starring Hillary Swank.

TIL of Jeanne de-Valois-Saint-Rémy, a frenchwoman con-artist who tricked a Cardinal into buying a $15.1m diamond necklace pretending to be a confident of Marie Antoinette. This led to irreparable reputational harm to the Crown, bringing further support to the French Revolution.

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