A formidable object of desire -- La Paiva -- The courtesan century -- The proud recluse -- Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione -- The gambling demon -- La Belle Otero -- Kings and Queens of the world (old ... and new) -- Married bliss -- Gabrielle Boucheron -- The Queen of Bulgaria's jewels -- The queen of vanity -- "Mrs Astor" -- Queens in exile -- Johnny Depp's ghost -- Marie-Louise Mackay -- The d̀ollar princesses' -- Heiress on the edge of a nervous breakdown -- Consuelo Vanderbilt, Duchess of Marlborough -- Ẁe are the dollar princesses' -- How vengeance comes to a woman -- Anna Gould, Countess of Castellane -- For the love of a viceroy of India -- Mary Leiter, Lady Curzon -- The tour of the grand dukes -- Love to the end -- Nicolas and Alexandra -- A femme fatale at the Russian court -- Katia Dolgorouki -- A ladykiller at the Russian court -- Grand Duke Alexis -- A r̀oubles princess' -- Barbara Kelch -- The emeralds of the Grand Duchess Vladimir -- From Father to Son -- A New Period of Opulence for Boucheron -- The other Miss Vanderbilt -- Gertrude, Mrs Harry Payne Whitney -- The tradition of Wedding Baskets -- The reign of the tiara -- A happy heiress -- May Goelet, Duchess of Roxburghe -- The heiress and the sex maniac -- Mary Ethel Burns, Lady Harcourt -- The mystery of the Italian queen's tiara -- Carats and Zionism -- Dorothy Pinto, Mrs James de Rothschild -- God Save the King -- The Duke of Windsor's first love -- Freda Dudley Ward -- The formidable F̀rau Cobourg' -- Marie, Duchess of Edinburgh -- Philip, Duke of Edinburgh -- An iron fist in a velvet glove -- Elizabeth, Queen Mother of England -- Ali Baba's cave -- The stolen Habsburg diamonds -- The Book of Stones -- The reign of pearls -- The most beautiful three-strand pearl necklaces -- Prince Youssoupov's pearls -- The Camondo pearl necklace -- On the whims of maharajas -- The Casanova of the Punjab -- Bhupinder Singh, Maharaja of Patiala -- The 21-gun salutes -- Like mother, like daughter -- Indira, Maharani of Cooch Behar, and Gayatri Devi, Maharani of Jaipur -- Hollywood on the Nile -- The King of Hearts -- Farouk of Egypt -- The curse of Princess Shivekiar -- The Q̀ueen' of Alexandria -- Mahivesh Shirine, Princess Toussoun -- The Queen of Hearts -- Fawzia of Egypt, first wife of the Shah of Iran -- The Iranian Treasure -- B̀orn to the stage' -- The star and the prince of the Orient -- Rita Hayworth and Ali Khan -- As rich as the Aga Khan -- A woman scorned -- Sarah Bernhardt -- The parure of a star -- Joan Crawford -- Shopping, shopping, shopping ... Edith Piaf -- ... and Claudette Colbert -- ... and Francois Sagan -- Conclusion -- From Rania of Jordan to more mysterious customers -- Boucheron through the ages.
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