Anđelika I: Markiza Anđela

Anđelika I: Markiza Anđela

Ann Golon, Serge Golon

The action of this novel, which originally consisted of as many as thirteen sequels (in this edition in eight volumes), is set in France in the seventeenth century. It all begins in 1645 in the run-down castle of the baron of Sansa Montlu who is in debt.

In mid-17th century France, young Louis XIV is struggling for his throne, beggars and thieves haunt Paris and brigands roam the countryside. Fifth child of an impoverished country nobleman, Angélique de Sancé de Monteloup grows up in the Poitou marshlands. Her logical destiny would be to marry a poor country nobleman, have children and spend her life fighting for a meagre subsistence. Destiny has other plans in store for her. At 17, on returning from her education in a convent, she finds herself betrothed to the rich count Jeoffrey de Peyrac (Jeoffrey Comte de Peyrac de Morens, Lord of Toulouse), 12 years her senior, lame, scarred and reputed to be a wizard. For the sake of her family, Angélique reluctantly agrees to the match but refuses the advances of her husband. Peyrac respects her decision and does not pursue his claim to conjugal rights, wishing rather to seduce than use force.

With the passing of months, Angélique discovers the talents and virtues of her remarkable husband: scientist, musician, philosopher; and to her surprise falls passionately in love with him. But Jeoffrey's unusual way of life is threatened by the ambitions of the Archbishop of Toulouse, and soon arouses the jealousy of the young king himself, Louis XIV. Jeoffrey is arrested and charged with sorcery. Angélique will single-handedly take on the might of the royal court and, survive murder and poison attempts on herself in a supreme effort to save Jeoffrey from the stake, to no avail. Instinctively, her whole being intent on revenge and her determination to survive, Angélique, alone and desperate, plunges into the darkness of the Paris underworld.

Original title
Angelique I: La marquise des Anges
Translation
Stanko Škunca
Editor
Stanko Škunca
Dimensions
20.5 x 13 cm
Pages
647
Publisher
Otokar Keršovani, Rijeka, 1966.
 
Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
Language: Croatian.

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