Women Behaving Badly, part 3: She Stole Marie Antoinette's Necklace

Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy, Comtesse de la Motte (22 July 1756 – 23 August 1791) was an illegitimate descendant of the French royal family who became famous on her own as AN INCREDIBLY CLEVER CON ARTIST/HEROINE! But how will she score on the Scandalicious Scale??

Mentioned in this episode:

How to Ruin a Queen by Jonathan Beckman

Frock Flicks review of the hats and wigs in The Affair of the Necklace

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