{"product_id":"the-queens-necklace","title":"The Queen's Necklace","description":"In August 1785 Paris buzzed with scandal. It involved an eminent churchman, a notorious charlatan, a female fraudster, a part-time prostitute and the hated Queen herself. At its heart was the most expensive diamond necklace ever assembled-and the web of fraud, folly and self-delusion it had inspired.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Szerb''s last major work, a witty and often surprising account of events, the story is used as a standpoint from which to survey the entire age. Written in war-torn Hungary in the early 1940s, it constitutes a remarkable gesture of defiance against the brutal world in which the writer lived and died.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A sparkling slice of eighteenth-century life\" Paul Bailey, \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePushkin Collection editions feature a spare, elegant series style and superior, durable components. The Collection is typeset in Monotype Baskerville, litho-printed on Munken Premium White Paper and notch-bound by the independently owned printer TJ International in Padstow. The covers, with French flaps, are printed on Colorplan Pristine White Paper. Both paper and cover board are acid-free and Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified.","brand":"None","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (2013)","offer_id":46198007333041,"sku":"9781908968418","price":18.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Paperback (2019)","offer_id":46198007365809,"sku":"9781782274476","price":24.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Kobo eBook","offer_id":46198007398577,"sku":"82a71268-f7c9-3fbb-aaee-9a47f73286ca","price":11.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/8980\/5233\/files\/1_d0340fbf-324a-41a9-ac4b-8f0139f729a6.jpg?v=1763516579","url":"https:\/\/www.indigo.ca\/products\/the-queens-necklace","provider":"Indigo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}