Angelique, the Road to Versailles by Anne Golon

Unfortunately for her, the men were captivated by the newcomer, a point of honour, to them, to possess her body and soul, Polack had reached her sell-by date and was no longer interesting and posed no challenges. This did not sit well with her and she decided to claw back her supremacy.

Polack suddenly found herself ousted as undisputed “Maîtresse en Titre” and demoted to the rank of “pack” female. However, she had not reckoned on the stupidity and weakness of the men around her, who lusted after the blonde beauty brought to their community by their then, undisputed leader Calembredaine. At the beginning, Polack, perceived that Angélique held no threats for her as she saw her as a bedraggled, weak, uneducated (in the art of survival) wimp – no-one to cause any serious threat to her supremacy. She met her nemesis with the arrival of Angélique. Polack feared no-one, and in particular no man, I believe she held women in contempt, in the knowledge that she was definitely “lording” it over every last one of them in the Court of Miracles. One can only imagine what the term “lording” conveys, but I like to see her as a bit of a Boudicca rather than the more earthy conclusions that may immediately spring to the mind of the more adult reader. (“Angélique – The Road to Versailles” – translated by Rita Barisse – I use the translators terminology). Madame Polack, for she should be treated with the utmost respect, earned her “nick-name” by virtue of “lording it over a regiment of Poles, during a whole campaign”. My regret is that she is such a short-lived character, disappearing during the night of chaos engendered by the disbanding of the community during an attack by rival gangs and the intervention of Desgrez, the most feared (secret) Police Officer of the time. I liked this woman from the start of our brief acquaintance. No-one was her equal among the women and she was equal to any man in that unique community. Back to Anne Golon Home / Back to Book 9 My Favourite CharactersĪnd how they are tracked by the Authors! La Polackĭark, mysterious, beautiful, sultry – a woman with FIRE in her eyes! Undisputed Beggar Queen of the Underworld at the Court of Miracles.

Angelique, the Road to Versailles by Anne Golon