Toulouse-Lautrec Ep 1: But, First... A Tale of French Lineage in Three Acts
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The Impossible Rokai Necklace
Louis XV commissioned a diamond necklace from the Royal Jewelers Bomer and Bassange as a gift for Madame Dubury. After Louis XV died, Marie Antoinette had Madame Dubury banished from Versailles. Jean de Lamont was born dirt poor and was extremely adept at finding rich, useful idiots who she could unburden from their immense wealth. She was also having an affair with Cardinal Derauhan, a church leader and former ambassador to Vienna.
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