Historical True Crime: An 18th Century Heist!

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Sep 16, 202128:12Society & Culture

The Affair of the Diamond Necklace was the eighteenth century's most notorious heist—and for good reason. It's a dramatic story of lust, theft, betrayal, and ultimately, the fall of the freaking Queen of France. Th...

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