The Countess Angelique by Sergeanne Golon

The Countess Angelique

by Sergeanne Golon

William Heinemann, 1967, [First Edition], hardcover, dust-jacket

Very Good Condition, a little edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing to edges and corners, ex-library with stamp to front end-paper, price-clipped dust-jacket with some edge and shelf wear, some rubbing, chipping and creasing to edges (see photographs)

"Angelique the emerald-eyed beauty who was mistress of the King of France, Queen of the Paris underworld and the Sultan's favourite, journeys deep into the virgin forests of the New World.  At Katarunk, a vulnerable outpost set between England and New France, with the dreaded Iroquois Red Indians close by, her husband Joffrey de Peyrac has a tiny settlement.  there he and Angelique plan to live with their sons Florimond and Cantor and Angelique's little daughter Honorine."