I am astonished that more readers do not see this. It seems that Angélique is almost a forerunner of the New Age religions, the new way of looking at religion as against the old way. I smile sometimes because I see all these people who didn’t notice that this work is explosive. That’s why I wanted to add this story of the conflict between the Jesuits and Angélique, which symbolises the conflict against the woman which is the sin – the evil. It’s better to have this religious feeling because people have been paralysed in all religions and all faiths. That’s why she is modern and she has a lot of friends, because she has the feeling of the new century. She has a feeling for the religions of the east as well. In the books, you talk a lot about the Catholic Church, and Angélique seems to be a believer, but outside of the dogma. Part 4: The importance of religion in the Angélique stories Questions are in bold type Anne’s answers in plain type. It was conducted with the invaluable help of Anne’s daughter, Nadine Goloubinoff, who acted as interpreter, and is transcribed here in full. In an exclusive interview conducted at Versailles in the autumn of 1999, Anne Golon spoke freely about various aspects of her life.
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