The Affair of the Diamond Necklace

________, a cunning con artist, set up a ruse to con a wealthy cardinal by pretending to be the queen.

In ________, Queen Marie Antoinette was engaged in a notorious diamond necklace scandal at the French court.

________ used a near- perfect confidence ruse to manipulate Cardinal de Rohan, seducing him initially before taking advantage of his neediness, gullibility, and vanity.

In ____, Queen Marie Antoinette was engaged in a notorious diamond necklace scandal at the French court.

a cunning con artist, set up a ruse to con a wealthy cardinal by pretending to be the queen.

In 1785, ____ was engaged in a notorious diamond necklace scandal at the French court.

In 1772, _______ commissioned the jewelers, Boehmer and Bassenge to create an intricate necklace for his mistress, Madame du Barry.

In 1772, King Louis XV commissioned the jewelers, Boehmer and Bassenge to create an intricate necklace for his mistress, _______.

These jewelers made a diamond necklace with 647 stones totaling 2,800 carats in weight. It took years to complete and the price range is from 2 million livres (approximately £8 million today).

The jewelers made a diamond necklace with 647 stones totaling _______ in weight.

By the time it was finished, Louis died of smallpox, and his heir, ______, exiled du Barry. The jewelers attempted to sell the jewelry to Queen Marie Antoinette, but she refused.

King Henri II's illegitimate son had a descendant named ________.

In 1780, she married _______, a gendarmes officer, and they were known as Count and Countess .

who had lost the queen's favor and was eager to make amends, was one of her acquaintances.

a collaborator of De la Motte, forged responses from "the queen" on gold-edged stationery.

De la Motte was imprisoned, publicly flayed, and brandished with a "V" for _________(robber). However, ten months later, he managed to escape.

She was executed _________ later during the French Revolution, and the necklace was never found.

Jeanne de la Motte used a near-perfect confidence ruse to manipulate Cardinal de Rohan, seducing him initially before taking advantage of his _________.

In 1690s, _______ leads a highly successful coin counterfeiting gang in Birmingham and London, England; he is hanged in 1699 for high treason after targeting the Royal Mint.

In 1923, _____, the kingpin of an extensive ring of con men who operated in Denver, Colorado, for more than 25 years, is finally convicted after a famous trial dogged by allegations that Blonger’s associates attempted to bribe members of the jury.

In 1690s, William Chaloner leads a highly successful coin counterfeiting gang in Birmingham and London, England; he is hanged in 1699 for high treason after targeting the _____.

William Chaloner leads a highly successful coin counterfeiting gang in Birmingham and London, England; he is hanged in 1699 for high treason after targeting the Royal Mint.

Lou Blonger, the kingpin of an extensive ring of con men who operated in Denver, Colorado is finally convicted after a famous trial dogged by allegations that Blonger’s associates attempted to bribe members of the jury.