What she did not know about her new husband is that he is devoted to the art of love, and has the voice of an angel. Angelique is determined that she will not give herself to Joffrey and he is patient. He is scarred and lame, but richer than the king (allegedly) and reputed to be a wizard. After becoming involved in a dangerous situation that enables her father to have a little more money, it becomes apparent to her family that she is in danger of becoming out of control so she is packed off to the convent for her education, and even the nuns have trouble controlling her.Īngelique is forced to return from the convent to be married to a man she has never met, Comte Joffrey de Peyrac de Morens, Lord of Toulouse. Her best features are her green eyes and her beautiful hair and is growing into quite the beauty, quite in danger of falling prey to young men. One of several children, Angelique is high spirited, and lives her life amongst the villagers and in the marshlands around her home. Young Angelique is born into a noble but impoverished family in the mid 1600's. Somewhat unusually this book doesn't have any kind of synopsis at all on either the inside or back cover so I hope that I can do justice to the plot without giving too much away.
The first I remember hearing about the series is when Ana did an Author Spotlight about Serge and Anne Golon at Historical Tapestry. I am not quite sure how I managed it, but some how I have managed to spend the last twenty five years of my reading life in complete ignorance about the Angelique series, and yet having just finished reading the first book (well actually first two books) in the series, I am confident in saying that this book has everything that I love in a book.
0 kommentar(er)
