In the 1960's, a husband and wife team from France wrote a series of books about a fiesty heroine set during the time of Louis XIV of France, although a few of the books take place in other locations. Thirteen books made up the original series, with 10 of them being translated into English. A decade long legal battle in France resulted in Anne Golon winning the sole rights to her work. Fans of the series hope this will result in the republishing of her books and the translation of the remaining three books. Ms. Golon is apparently working on additional books.
Given the period of time in which they were originally published, some of the covers are wonderfully cheesy. Since I love cheesy covers, today begins a new feature highlighting some of the best of them.
These are some of my favorites from Angelique in Barbary (a/k/a Angelique and the Sultan). Enjoy!
1963. It is a little hard to see, but I think you get the general idea (it might be easier to see if you click on the picture).
1971
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1961. I love the way her pose wraps around the back side of the dust jacket.
1964
Scantily clad women seems to be the theme here...
5 comments:
I love it, especially the pink one. Where'd you find the others?
Mostly from ebay and Amazon.
These are fabulous Tanzanite :-)
I just read the one that has the wrap around cover. It was a bit risque to be carrying around on the train really, but never mind!
When will books 11,12,& 13 be published in English?
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