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Jeoffrey. She however was passionate about him and tried many ways to tempt him as a lover, but the exemplary and pious Audiger wanted her only as his seemingly ideal wife and mother of his family. It was only when he learned that Angélique was going to marry her cousin, Philippe, this ambition was a final blow to his impressions of her. He relinquished his suit, left the chocolate business and rejoined the army.
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is a woman of few words and a proud, understanding mother. Angelique's mother spends most of her time in her garden tending to fruit trees and vegetables to supplement the family's limited income. The de Sancé children's robust health and youthful beauty are owed to their mother's efforts in the garden that allowed them to grow up freely in the countryside.
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Nicolas Merlot – A shepherd in the service of Angélique's father, along with
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Audiger – Army cook, master chef specialised in confections and refreshments, then butler to the Count of Soissons, he tried to compete with Angélique and David in the race for patenting chocolate in France, but ended up as their partner. He had wanted to marry Angélique upon his first
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Molines – A Huguenot steward who manages the finances of the de Sancés' and the du Plessis' estates and Jeoffrey's Poitou business contact. It was Molines who originally proposes the marriage between Jeoffrey and Angélique, and he later assists with Angélique's marriage with Philippe.
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Conan Bécher – An Inquisitor, alchemist and Franciscan friar. He was chosen by the Archbishop of Toulouse to observe Jeoffrey's gold processing technique. Instead of acknowledging it as a valid scientific technique, Bécher condemned everything shown to him as heresy. He uses his influence to
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Maître François Desgrez – A poor but very shrewd lawyer, he is the only one willing to defend Jeoffrey in his trial. After Jeoffrey's death, Desgrez was forced to flee and later sold his law license and became a Lieutenant of Police in Paris. He remained Angélique's friend and often comes to
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Jeoffrey de Peyrac de Morens d'Irristru (1627) – Angélique's enigmatic husband, a righteous and rich Count of Toulouse, Prince of Aquitaine, whom she reluctantly marries and later loves deeply. As a highly celebrated troubadour he is known as "The Golden Voice of the Kingdom." As a result of
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Father Vincent – Angélique met him during her stay at the convent. He prevented her from being ravished and convinced her to leave her rebelliousness to pursue her studies more seriously. As well as having a hand in transforming the young Henri de Roguier's life. This virtuous priest became
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Claude le Petit – "The Gutter Poet", a pamphleteer whom Angélique at first wanted to kill for writing slanders about her and her husband during Jeoffrey's imprisonment. He later became her lover and she acquired his help to disgrace those responsible for Linot's and Maître Bourjus' deaths,
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Brother Anselme and Brother Jean of the Nieul Abbey – After Josselin fled to America, Angélique, Nicolas and a band of urchins wanted to try their luck too. However they got lost in the Nieul forest and were sheltered by the kind-hearted Brother Anselme. Brother Jean rescued Angélique from
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Raymond de Sancé – Angélique's second eldest brother, who against the wishes of his father, became a Jesuit priest instead of staying at home to inherit his inheritance. Especially after Josselin, Angélique's eldest brother, prevented by the family from joining the King's navy, ran away to
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Angélique realizes that her underworld existence is unfair to her sons, who belong to one of the greatest noble families in France. She works to regain her family's rightful inheritance that had been stolen from them by the monarchy. She blackmails her cousin Philippe du Plessis de Bellière, a
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Philippe du Plessis de Bellière (1637) – Angélique's more prominent nobility, vain, and arrogant cousin, whose family estate runs next to her father's and who happens to be her secret love in her teenage years. Because of his parents' ambitions for power, Philippe had a very neglected
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Gontran de Sancé – Angélique's third eldest and closest brother, he ran away to Paris to become a painter and was disinherited by his father in the process, as artisans are classed beneath the nobles. He has preternatural ability in the depictions of his sitters in his
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Wood-Bottom Janir – Angélique's friend during her existence in the Parisian underworld. He succeeded as the Great Coësre, ruler of the Parisian underworld, after Angélique killed the former, Squat Rolin', in order to save Florimond from being sold into
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and overthrow the monarchy, has Joffrey arrested and charged with sorcery. Angélique tries to single-handedly take on the might of the royal court. She survives several murder attempts and overcomes insurmountable odds in an effort to save Joffrey from being
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Barcarole – a dwarf who befriended Angélique and brought her to Calembredaine when she was an outcast and on the run from the King's police. He later became one of the jesters to the Queen of France and continued to help Angélique whenever she was in
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Maître Aubin – The King's public executioner. A good man for one with such a disturbing occupation and an equally disturbing wife. Uncle to Cordeau (Cord-around-the-neck) whose mother was landlady to Angélique's secret lodging during Jeoffrey's
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upbringing, which resulted in him being a brutal misogynist when Angélique married him. In order to secure for her sons their rightful inheritance, she blackmailed the King's favourite Grand Marshal, this "Handsomest man in the Court" into marriage.
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Guillaume Lützen – An old German mercenary in the Baron de Sancé's service. Mainly to protect the Monteloup castle and its inhabitants, especially the de Sancé women, from brigands, soldiers, and worse, tax collectors. He is very dear to
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Chevalier de Germontaz – A boorish and greedy nephew of the Archbishop of Toulouse. He was put to death as an example to others by the hand of the watchful and jealous Jeoffrey. His death served the Archbishop in further condemning
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For the sake of her family, Angélique reluctantly agrees to the match but refuses the advances of her husband. Peyrac respects her decision and does not pursue his claim to conjugal rights, wishing to seduce her rather than use force.
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Hortense de Sancé – Angélique's eldest sister, she married a cousin of the minor de Sancé branch, Gaston Fallot, a respected procurator in Paris. Her family suffered much for being involved with Angélique after Jeoffrey's
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Kouassi-Bâ – A Moor in Jeoffrey's service as bodyguard and indispensable assistant in his studies in the natural sciences. He was forced to flee after Jeoffrey's death but was captured and sent to the King's
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The Polack – A camp-follower known as "The Marquise of the Polacks", was Calembredaine's mistress until Angélique supplanted her. She became Angélique's friend and taught her all sorts of self-defense
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Javotte – An orphan girl who looked after and helped Florimond and Cantor from abuse and starvation after they were abandoned from Hortense's family's flight. She later became Angélique's personal
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With the passing of months, Angelique discovers the talents and virtues of her remarkable husband - scientist, musician, philosopher - and to her surprise falls passionately in love with him.
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Father Antoine – A Lazarist priest, a devoted follower of Father Vincent. He served as confessor just before Jeoffrey's execution and relayed messages between Jeoffrey and Angélique.
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Madelon de Sancé – Angélique's younger sister, who died in a plague-ridden famine during the Fronde while she, Hortense, and Angélique were educated in the convent.
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