Angelique & the Ghosts

I have the 1st nine of the Angeliquie books in my library and would never part with them. She is a captivating heroine and the history that is woven with the the characters made me thirst for knowledge about history. Sergeanne Colon is a spectacular story teller. I wish I was able to read French, I'd go and snap up the next 3 in the series that I never knew existed! If you can find this series in the used bookstore, go for it!I wish someone would translate the the last 3 books or even make a mini-series of movies out these books.

I am very lucky to be french, and have read them all. Including the ones not yet translated in english of course.To the reader what dress wonders who Angelique wears for her great arrival in Quebec: She wears the ice blue dress, and a white fur coat over it. I have started reading these books in 1960, and still enjoy reading them again and again.They made me love Versailles, wish to know more about King Louis 14th, and about New England, where I live now.Never dare going up to Gouldsboro, being afraid to spoil the idea I have in my mind's eye!I hope that they will be printed again and translated, so a whole generation of readers can enjoy them.

I have read all nine Angelique books in a row, it took me 2 weeks and now I am stuck awaiting their triumphant entry into Quebec. Please, if there is any kind soul of a translator out there in "bookland", we must go on reading the impossible traumas of this adventuress and intimate of kings and beggars. I am half in love with the Count de Pyrac myself, and cannot decide either which dress Angelique should wear upon her arrival in that glittering city, Quebec, among the nobles and notables of the French court and Indian hierachy. Is Piksarett still guarding his captive. Is the Jesuit father really after Angiligue's downfall? Will the King ever see her again? I want each and every person who can inform me about Angelique's further adventures to contact me ASAP. RAIN

This is the final book in the Angelique series to be published in English. After having vanquished the Duchess de Maudribourg in "Angelique and the Demon," Joffrey and Angelique decide to face up to the ghosts of their past by journeying to Quebec. This is a daring move, as it puts them back within the territories of King Louis XIV and in the city already known to harbor potentially deadly enemies bent on their destruction. Clearly this book is setting the stage for that struggle, and the scene is well placed by its finish. Unfortunately, that is where the story ends, at least for the English language reader. For that reason, I rank it as the least strong book in the series, since the reader is left hanging, unable to complete what has become a fascinating story. This is not, by any means, meant to say that the book isn't outstanding in its own right. Indeed, the story has been continued by author Anne Golon. At least three other books in the series have been written but never translated into English. Roughly translated titles, in order of appearance, are "Angelique in Quebec," "Angelique,the Path of Hope," and "Angelique's Victory." It is the fervent wish of myself and others that these final books eventually be translated into English and that the entire series be reissued in order that this great historical fiction series will not be lost to future readers. That would be a crime!