French novelist Anne Golon, known all over the world for her popular stories about Angelique,
has died at the age of 95 in Versailles.

IM Memoriam Anne Golon

French novelist Anne Golon, known all over the world for her popular stories about a heroine named Angelique, has died at the age of 95 in Versailles, west of Paris, her family announced Sunday.

The writer died on Friday of peritonitis, according to her daughter Nadine Goloubinoff, as cited by local media.

Golon was famous for the Angelique series, set in Louis XIV's 17th century France, which she wrote along with her husband Serge, who passed away in 1972.




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