The Red Necklace is a children's historical novel by Sally Gardner, published in 2007. It is a story of the French Revolution, interwoven with gypsy magic.
The story is principally set in and near Paris between 1789 and 1792. Yann Margoza, a young travelling entertainer with the ability to read minds, meets Sido, the unwanted daughter of the cruel and foolish Marquis de Villeduval. She helps Yann to escape from the murderous Count Kalliovski, a m...
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The Red Necklace is a children's historical novel by Sally Gardner, published in 2007. It is a story of the French Revolution, interwoven with gypsy magic.
The story is principally set in and near Paris between 1789 and 1792. Yann Margoza, a young travelling entertainer with the ability to read minds, meets Sido, the unwanted daughter of the cruel and foolish Marquis de Villeduval. She helps Yann to escape from the murderous Count Kalliovski, a menacing nobleman who holds the majority of the French aristocrats in the palm of his hand. After being educated in London, he returns years later to rescue her from the twin perils of the Terror and the Count's evil desire to have her as his bride.
The title refers to the murder signature of Count Kalliovski, who puts round the necks of all his murder victims a necklace of red garnets strung on a thin red ribbon. The effect of the necklace is to make it look as if the wearer's throat has been cut.
A sequel, The Silver Blade, was published in...
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