Angelique: The Marquise of the Angels

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Summary: Second Generation
Review: My Mother grew up in the Netherlands watching the TV series, reading the books, and watching the movies. She loved the series so much that she named me Angelique Michelle. I have also watched the movies and I love them, even though I can't understand them because we have them in French. I have tried finding the novels through our library, but they only have the first book of the series. I wish I could read all of them, but they are so incredibly hard to find. The Angelique books are a great read for anyone looking for an interesting and historical novel. I recommend it to anyone.

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Summary: Read the series more than 10 times
Review: In my early teens I came across the Angelique-series in Germany. Fortunately, I was able to read the entire series, as it was published in German up until the very last book. The first books, until book 6 or so, I reread about 14 times over the course of approx. 10 years. It became my tradition to read the series at least once a year!
The final ending was a bit strange, but nevertheless a positive one. Does anyone need to know how it ended? Write me.

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Summary: Excellent Historical Fiction
Review: My father and I used to fight over who could read the latest Angelique book first when I was 14 and 15. My poor elder sister had to wait her turn after either of us were through. My father and I liked the series so much, we made sure we gave each other Angelique books as birthday dan x-mas presents. I'm Indonesian, and in the late 60s and early 70s imported books were hard to come by. Our family used to buy up indiscriminately any book we found in English. As it is, it's only after I opened Amazon.com that I've found out there were more than nine Angelique books in all. I've read the first seven over and over again, but have never seen "The Jesuit Trap" nor "Gold Beard's Downfall". "The Marquise of the Angels" is positively my most favourite book in all my reading life. Unfortunately, somebody borrowed my copy many, many years ago, and I've never found a replacement. I wrote to Pan Books, I rummage through second-hand book carts wherever I find them, all to no avail. The Angelique character, to my mind, is a proto-feminist. She never yielded to feminine stereotyping, and always did her 'own thing', regardless of society's disapproval. I do believe that her character made a huge impact on myself. The other outstanding book in the series is "Angelique and the Sultan" in which there are great passages comparing Islamic and western philosophy. In this age of misunderstanding in the west about Islam, I think reprinting this one particular book would be an enormous contribution to the discussion. There are other passages in "Angelique in Love" quoted by Joffrey de Peyrac which shows diligent research by Serge and Anne Golon on comparative religion, albeit still stilted towards western Christian argument. Nevertheless, seldom since have I come across such a good read which provides me with instant philosophical discourse and a crash course in French history all at the same time. I'm excited to discover that others have found the series as captivating for them as they were for me. I agree that a publisher would do well to have the series reprinted.

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Summary: Angelique: The Marquise of the Angels
Review: I agree with all of the previous reviewers Angelique: The Marquise of the Angels is a fantastic read, as is the whole series. I have read and re-read this book over the last 25 years and find it as fresh and entertaining as ever. A real highlight for me is the well crafted background of 17th Century France for teh extrordinary character of Angelique, but she is not so extraordinary to be unbelieveable or unsympathetic. I really consider this is a historical series to compare all others against and I would love to see the books reprinted again. I have most of the series (picked up from 2nd hand shops) but I dont have Angelique and the Sultan and it is very frustrating.

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Summary: Angelique: Magnificient Obsession
Review: I have all the books in Russian. In English I don't have the last 3. I read them many times. I have all 5 movies. They are my favorites. They are part of my life. Because of those books and the movies I am in love with France, 17 century, Louis XIV, and everything what has to do with that country. The books are the masterpieces that belong with Major Classical Literature. I BEG YOU, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE TRANSLATE THE LAST 3 BOOKS IN ENGLISH!!! And may be one day the last 2 books finally will be published in France and also will be translated in English.