Angelique, the Road to Versailles by Anne Golon

Between Serge's death in 19, Anne wrote four more volumes, beginning with the second half of Ghosts (published in France as a single volume, Angélique in Quebec) and proceeding through La Victoire d'Angélique.īy the 1990s, Anne was reduced to a state close to poverty and filed a lawsuit against the French publisher Hachette for abuse of copyright and unpaid royalties. That year, as Anne wrote Angélique and the Ghosts, Serge died.Īnne carried on writing and brought up her four children at the same time. In 1972, Anne and Serge travelled to Canada to research a new Angélique novel. The actress Michèle Mercier played Angélique, and Robert Hossein played her husband, Joffrey de Peyrac. The popularity of the Angélique novels led to a series of five feature films directed by Bernard Borderie in the 1960s.

The two names were later combined as 'Sergeanne Golon' by British publishers when the series was translated into English. When originally published in France, the Angélique novels were credited to both Anne and Serge Golon – Anne being the author and Serge having done much of the historical research. They collaborated on Angélique: Marquise of the Angels (1956), the first installment in the Angélique series. She was sent to Africa as a journalist, where, in 1947, she met her future husband, Vsevolod Sergeïvich Goloubinoff, better known as Serge Golon. She wrote using different pen names, helped create France Magazine, and was awarded a literary prize for The Patrol of the Saint Innocents. During World War II, she travelled via bicycle through France to Spain. She was interested in painting and writing from early childhood and published her first novel, The Country From Behind My Eyes, when she was 18 under the pen name Joëlle Danterne. She was the daughter of Pierre Changeux, a scientist and a captain in the French Navy. Her Angélique novels have reportedly sold 150 million copies worldwide and have inspired multiple adaptations.Īnne Golon was born as Simone Changeux on 17 December 1921 in Toulon, a port in south-eastern France. Anne Golon (17 December 1921 – 14 July 2017) was a French author, better known to English-speaking readers as Sergeanne Golon.

Angelique, the Road to Versailles by Anne Golon