The life of the French kings, in particular Louis XVI and his wife Marie Antoinette, is quite fully and interestingly described in the fascinating novels of A. Dumas “The Queen’s Necklace”, “The Countess de Charny” and “The Chevalier de Maisons-Rouge”. But this works of art, and history appears in them as the famous “nail” on which Mr. A. Dumas the father hung his hat. The documentary essay offered to the reader belongs to the pen of Evelyn Lever, a French specialist in the history of the late 18th century, and in particular the Revolution. To accurately depict the realities of the French court of that time, the characters of certain characters, the author examined a huge number of documents - minutes of the meetings of the Convention, publications from newspapers, chronicles, diplomatic and personal correspondence. A living image of a woman who caused controversial opinions among the French people, aristocrats, even her own environment, appears before us from the pen of Evelyn Lever.