Is it a must read romance novel? Although I haven’t got to them yet, Angélique seems like an important precursor to the 1970s bodice-rippers, so if you’re interested in those… Reasons to read this title: Passionate historical novelization of the reign of Louis XIV, the Sun King. She is… the intelligent and beautiful 19 year old daughter of an impoverished baron. He is… a Comte with hideous scars, a golden voice, and more gold than the King. Setting time & place: Late 17th century France Are things really sexier in France? Is Anne Golon’s Angélique a romance or have I been duped again by the confusion of “scandalously sexy” and “bodice ripper” with lay definitions of romance? Let’s see… Over 22 million Angélique books in print, says the cover of my 1975 Bantam Books’ edition of Anne Golon’s scandalous novel.
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