The first novel in the “Angelique” series about the period of the reign of Louis XIV.

The romantic heroine of the distant 17th century has long won the attention of thousands of foreign readers. The secret of the undoubted and amazing success of “Angelica” lies, apparently, in the attractiveness of the genre of adventure-historical novel and in the colorfulness of the depicted era, in the sharpness of the entertaining plot, in the fascinating historical and literary narrative, the traditions of which go back to Alexandre Dumas. The authors of the novel, the spouses Anne and Serge Golon, not only refer to the age of “The Three Musketeers”, but in many ways strive to repeat the plot construction techniques that made A. Dumas famous. Here is the same fascinating plot, the same motley kaleidoscope of changeable destinies, unexpected ups and sudden downfalls, the same fatal conspiracies, cunning intrigues and monstrous crimes. Like Dumas, a secret plan matures in the silence of the ministerial office and finds its continuation in the palace chambers, in the actions of hired killers, in the sinister conspiracy of judicial officials.

Marquise of Angels. 1645-1656 Toulouse wedding. 1656-1660 In the galleries of the Louvre. May - September 1660 Bonfire on the Place de Grève. September 1660 - February 1661