Her logical destiny would be to marry a poor country nobleman, have children and spend her life fighting for a meager subsistence.ĭestiny has other plans in store for her. She is a free child, as one with the forest and the marshes, discovering nature’s healing secrets with the help of the witch Mélusine. Sometimes, a lot, occasionally almost catching up with my peers. But back then … I was downright weird.įifth child of an impoverished country nobleman, Angélique de Sancé grows up in the Poitou marshlands, a region known as the “Green Venice”, halfway between the ocean and the forests. The first book was published in 1957 and I read it in 1960. I have since bought a newer version and I have most of the follow ups in paperback. I still have the book, though the binding is broken and the pages are beginning to turn to dust. Nothing will change the way I feel about these books. I have been told by many people who’ve read the series in French, that much was lost in a not-very-good translation. With these words, one of the world’s greatest series of historical fiction begins. “Nounou,” inquired Angelique, “Why did Giles de Retz kill so many children?” If you read French, there is an article in Figaro located here. She was a wind behind my back for a lifetime. She inspired me as a girl and instilled the belief I could do anything a man could do. I just read that Anne Golon passed away on Friday at the age of 95. THE PASSING OF ANNE GOLON – AUTHOR – ANGELIQUE (MARQUISE DES ANGES) Home › #Writing › THE PASSING OF ANNE GOLON – AUTHOR – ANGELIQUE (MARQUISE DES ANGES)
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