The Empress of Hearts: A Romance of Marie Antoinette by E. Barrington [U.S. FIRST EDITION] 1928 • Grosset & Dunlap

The Empress of Hearts: A Romance of Marie Antoinette by E. Barrington U.S. FIRST EDITION • SECOND PRINTING [1928] GROSSET & DUNLAP Antique hardcover sans dust jacket in very good condition. Beautiful blue boards with frontispiece; show some general shelf / rub wear.  Bumped corners.   Book is tightly bound.  Pages look and read good as new.    Small sticker from prev.owner on underside of cover.   This is the story of the fall of Marie Antoinette – France’s most alluring Queen - and how it was triggered by a dastardly plot, the affair of the diamond necklace.Of all the jewels in the world’s history, stained with blood and shame, the most terrible is the diamond necklace that wrought a queen’s ruin and bought about the end of an era. Through its glitter there ran indeed the fires of hell.As the Kingdom of France faced social turmoil, and the whispers of revolution could be heard, on the throne sat Antoinette - a lovely creature, proud, airy, the very embodiment of race and h