Marianne: Napoleon’s Star (Marianne # 1)

£14.99

Marianne: Napoleon’s Star (Marianne # 1)

£14.99

Written by Juliette Benzoni

The first book in the international best-selling Marianne series of historical romances.

390pp 6×9-format paperback novel.
ISBN: 978-1-84583-213-1
Published 1 June 2023

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Rescued as a baby by her godfather, the Abbé Gauthier de Chazay, Marianne d’Asselnat, is raised by her aunt, Ellis Selton, in England. On the brink of womanhood at seventeen, her aunt’s dying wish is for Marianne to wed Francis Cranmere, the son of an old friend. But the childish love she feels for her new husband soon turns sour when Marianne learns that not only did he gamble away her fortune, he also gave away her wedding night to an American sea Captain.

Enraged by his betrayal, Marianne demands satisfaction from Francis, and after beating him in a duel is forced to flee the only home she has ever known.

Leaving England in order to escape the noose, Marianne must call on all of her skills in order to reach her destiny as she is thrown into the arms of the most powerful man in Europe and an adventure of a lifetime.

Telos Publishing is proud to present the first book in Juliette Benzoni’s acclaimed, best-selling series of historical romance novels set during the Napoleonic period. Also previously published with the titles Marianne and Marianne: The Bride of Selton Hall. This edition is presented for the first time in English completely unabridged.

390pp 6×9-format paperback novel.
ISBN: 978-1-84583-213-1
First published in 1969
Published 1 June 2023

 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

SONY DSCJuliette Benzoni was born Andrée-Marguerite-Juliette Mangin on 30 October 1920 in Paris, France. She spent her childhood in Saint-Germain-des-Pres until she was almost 15 years old, when her family went to live in Saint-Mandé. She was educated at College d’Hulet, then at the Institut Catholique, where she studied philosophy, law and literature. In 1941 she married a doctor from Dijon, Maurice Gallois, and was soon mother of two children, Anne and Jean-François. In her twenties, she spent many hours in libraries, studying the history of Burgundy in Medieval times. One day she came across the legend of the Order of the Golden Fleece, which would later inspire her to write the Catherine series.

After her husband died in 1950, she went to Morocco to visit a relative of his, and ended up staying for two years, joining the editorial staff at a radio station called Radio-International. She then met Colonel André Benzoni, who in 1953 became her second husband. After her return to Paris, France, she launched into journalism, writing for several newspapers. At the beginning of the 1960s, a literary editor who had seen her make a television appearance invited her to write a historical romance in the style of Anne Golon’s Angelique. The outcome was Catherine: One Love is Enough (original title, Catherine, Il Suffit d’un Amour), the hugely successful first entry in what was originally intended to be a five book series.

Next came another big success with the Marianne series, set during the Napoleonic period, beginning with Marianne: A Star for Napoleon (original title, Marianne: Une Étoile Pour Napoléon). Juliette was then asked if she would write two additional Catherine books, due to their sensational popularity. She agreed, and the series’ seventh and final entry, La Dame de Montsalvy, appeared in 1979.

In 1983, the French station Antenne 2 adapted Marianne: A Star for Napoleon for television, directed by Marion Sarraut. This led on three years later to a television adaptation of all seven books in the Catherine series, again directed by Sarraut; the end result pleased Juliette far more than a substandard movie version produced in 1968.

Juliette continued to write up to her death on 7 February 2016.

For more information about Juliette and the Catherine books click on this link to the official website: www.catherinedemontsalvy.ch.

Facebook page for the Marianne books: https://www.facebook.com/MarianneBooksJulietteBenzoni/

Page for the Marianne books: https://www.catherinedemontsalvy.ch/English/Books/Juliette_Benzoni/synopsis/marianne-summary.htm

Photo above is © Linda Compagnoni Walther

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Weight .001 kg
Dimensions .1 × .1 × .1 cm

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