Dear Denise and all folks out there,
  
  This is a world to say you we are all well, and especially Anne,
though we dont give much news. This is due as before to the fact I am the
only one to be -oloso- in charge of the English contacts... and many
other things as well.
  Of course, the books are going to be translated in English, as in
other langages, but we need time to find the right partner.
  Olso, the publishing as our agency working on this project are not
officially but AG and me, but companies with associates which, though not
being numerous, are present now
  on the book market and represent AG's rights.
  The new books will be presented to foreighn publishers in next
Frankfort fair from October 4 until 8. We hope AG can come.
  50 years ago was published - in Germany - the first Angelique book.
  Today we celebrate Angelique-and Anne Golon rebirth. you will be in
our heart these days.
  
  As it was in september 9 in front the castle in Versailles. AG could
be there to sign her books. So many readers came that she did'nt moove
from the stand from 10AM untill 7-30PM!!
  I'll send you new news as soon as I can.
  
  Anne is going on writing the next book. Hope to publish book 3 and 4
in the end of the year.

          Thanks Carol. The books look good. Unfortunately my french is
very
bad. So you are saying to wait for the English versions to come
out. Is there an approximate time frame for the printing? I don't
want to buy the older versions if the new books have a lot of extras
in them, besides I would rather see Ms. Golon get the money.

I understand there were problems with publishers in France. Is
Anne's support group going to try to find publishers outside the
country for the English versions or will she continue to tackle it
herself with her daughter? As an artist, I think it would be nice to
see her realize some of the rewards from her work at this stage in
her life. I am really looking forward to this. I am also willing to
bet there are a lot of people out there who would be very interested
in reading the books again if they only knew they were going to be
reprinted. They were that good. God bless Anne. I hope she stays
healthy & continues to write.
I look forward to being able to read these wonderful stories again &
discussing them with the members of this site.
Cheers,
Denise

--- In FriendsofAngelique@yahoogroups.com, Carol

>
> Denise, the old versions of the Angélique series, both
> in English and in French, are now out of print. So to
> obtain them you are now reliant on using Ebay, second
> hand books suppliers etc... or in borrowing the books
> from libraries.
>
> However, all is not lost - far from it!!!
>
> The old versions of the books, in all languages, had
> been ruthlessly cut or changed, even rewritten,
> without their legal author's permission! Mme Golon
> has now won her long, legal battle with her former
> publishers to win back her legal rights to her own
> work. She now has her own, very small publishing
> company, Archange Internationale, run by her daughter
> Nadia. Mme Golon is also currently revising the whole
> series, including both writing a new novel "Angelique
> et le Royaume de France", to conclude the series and
> at the same time is writing additional completely, new
> material in her earlier books. The whole series will
> then be reissued, first in French and later in English
> in more than 20 volumes under the title of "Angelique
> l'Integrale" (i.e. Complete works) containing all of
> the new material and all the old material that the
> former publishers had previously edited out. The
> books are being reissued by Editions du Refuge
> /Archange International and you will be able to find
> information on them on: http://www.editiondurefuge.com
> .
>
> As you will be able to see the first two volumes in
> French of the Integrale were released last April at
> the Geneva Book Fair and on subsequent occasions
> since. French fans were able to meet Mme Golon a
> couple of weeks ago on one of these occasions, at
> Versailles, where they were able to buy autographed
> copies of the books. Those of you who can read French
> can read about the event, which as I understand was
> very successful, by visiting the forum on Sandrine's
> French fan club site http://www.marquisedesanges.net/
> under the link "Interactivie".
>
> Although Denise I can understand your wishing to
> obtain copies of the old books to reread the series, I
> do recommend that you wait to be able to buy the new
> books of the "Integrale". I have had the privilege to
> be able to buy and read the first two volumes,
> "Marquise des Anges" and "Mariage Toulousain", in
> French and they really are wonderful! I have just
> finished rereading "Mariage Toulousain" as there was
> so much new material in the book compared with the
> original. I enjoyed reading it the first time round,
> but enjoyed it even more the second; taking my time to
> read it allowed me to fully appreciate Mme Golon's
> beautiful writing style, wonderful story, with the new
> material so cleverly linked in with the old. I have
> always classed the Angelique novels as "Historical
> Fiction" rather than "Historical Romance" as they are
> of such a higher quality than most books of this
> latter genre. But "Mariage Toulousain" is both
> "Historical Fiction" and "Historical Romance". It is
> Angélique's and Joffrey's personal story given the
> full treatment. It's a beautiful love story, which at
> the same time avoids falling into the trap of becoming
> sloppy and oversentimental. The result is that this
> romantic novel remains a work of serious historical
> fiction.
>
> Now my question is "how long will it be before we can
> buy Tome 3: "Fetes Royales"?!!!
>
> Best Wishes
> Carol
>