Anne Golon

Anne Golon (17 December 1921 – 14 July 2017) was a French author, better known to English-speaking readers as Sergeanne Golon. Her Angélique novels have reportedly sold 150 million copies worldwide She was the daughter of Pierre Changeux, a scientist and a captain in the French Navy. when she was 18 under the pen name Joëlle Danterne. During World War II, she travelled via bicycle through France to Spain. She wrote using different pen names, helped create France Magazine, and was awarded a literary prize for The Patrol of the Saint Innocents.

She was sent to Africa as a journalist, where, in 1947, she met her future husband, Vsevolod Sergeïvich Goloubinoff, better known as Serge Golon. the first installment in the Angélique series. The novel was an overnight success. 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. The two names were later combined as "Sergeanne Golon" by British publishers when the series was translated into English.

The popularity of the Angélique novels led to a series of five feature films directed by Bernard Borderie in the 1960s. The actress Michèle Mercier played Angélique, and Robert Hossein played her husband, Joffrey de Peyrac.

Publications

Angélique: Marquise of the Angels (, 1957) Angélique: The Road to Versailles (, 1958) Angélique and the King (, 1959) Angélique and the Sultan (, 1960) Angélique in Revolt (, 1961) Angélique in Love (, 1961) The Countess Angélique (, 1964) The Temptation of Angélique (, 1966) Angélique and the Demon (, 1972) Angélique and the Ghosts (, 1976) (1980) (1984) (1985)