About the book: year / Angelique is the daughter of an impoverished nobleman from the French province of Poitou. She grows up in the village, and later is brought up in one of the monasteries of Poitiers. In 1656, a seventeen-year-old girl learns that the wealthy Count Geoffrey de Peyrac from Toulouse proposed to her, and is forced to agree in order to save her family from poverty. Count de Peyrac is an extraordinary person. Despite his limp and face, disfigured by a saber blow in early childhood, he is unusually attractive - a scientist, traveler, singer, poet, charming and witty conversationalist, who achieved wealth through his own labor and talent. He enjoyed success with women and saw only pleasure in love, but when he met Angelica at the age of thirty, he fell in love. At first she felt only fear, but soon this fear was replaced by an equally strong love. However, the happiness of the young couple was short-lived - Geoffrey’s independent and harsh character, wealth and growing influence led to his arrest, because the young King Louis XIV sought to destroy those who, in his opinion, could be dangerous for royal power. The matter was complicated by the fact that that Angelica was privy to some political secret as a child, because of which she also had enemies. Risking her life, Angelica tries to save her husband and seeks an open trial. At the trial, Geoffrey appears as a free and gifted man. And if he evokes sympathy in the public, then the judges are forced to sentence him to death, despite the efforts of the young talented lawyer Francois Degre. After the fire, Angelica is left alone without a livelihood with two young sons in her arms. Her own sister does not allow her into her house, fearing the consequences for her family. Having left her children with her, Angelica finds herself on the street. What follows is an endless string of adventures that could cost her, her husband and her children their lives. But having overcome all the incredible difficulties and trials of fate, they are reunited in Paris. Contents:1. Serge Golon: Angelique 2. Anne Golon: The Path to Versailles 3. Anne Golon: Angelique and the King 4. Anne Golon: Indomitable Angelique 5. Anne Golon: Rebellious Angelique