THE QUEEN'S NECKLACE CASE

Cases that judged men and reflected an era

An episode from the series HISTORY'S GREATEST TRIALS

Synopsis

Versailles, August 15, 1785. A cardinal is arrested. A fabulous piece of jewelry has disappeared. Marie Antoinette becomes entangled in the most resounding scandal of Louis XVI's reign.

A daring swindle that would shake the Church and the crown and hasten the end of the Ancien Régime.