A Candle for D'Artagnan: An Historical Horror Novel (Atta Olivia Clemens No 3) - Hardcover

Yarbro, Chelsea Quinn

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312932022 ISBN 13: 9780312932022

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 1989

Synopsis

Atta Olivia Clemens seeks true happiness against the opulent backdrop of the fabled court of Louis XIII, a quest that could destroy her

About this title

About the Author:

Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's interests range from music--she composes and has studied seven different instruments as well as voice--to history, from horseback riding to needlepoint. Her writing is similarly wide-ranging; under her own name and pseudonyms, she has written everything from westerns to mysteries, from science fiction to nonfiction history.

Yarbro's critically-acclaimed historical horror novels featuring the Count Saint-Germain, including Hotel Transylvania, A Feast in Exile, Communion Blood, and Night Blooming, have a loyal readership. Chelsea Quinn Yarbro has always lived in California and currently makes her home in the Berkeley area.

From Publishers Weekly:

In this conclusion to the trilogy chronicling the life of vampire Atta Olivia Clemens, Yarbro depicts the reigns of Louis XIII and young Louis XIV and the battles waged by Cardinals Richelieu and Mazarin to uphold the power of the monarchy. Living quietly on her estate in Italy, Olivia, now a wealthy widow, agrees to join Mazarin's retinue and move to France where she can serve as his agent and provide a place for him to hold informal meetings. Once there, she meets and falls in love with Charles D'Artagnan of the King's Musqueteerssp ok , uncovers treachery and is dogged by a secret enemy. The story often advances obliquely, with much of the action taking place offstage and reported to the reader through letters or later commentary. This often boring approach is here a brilliant device, illuminating motivation and providing the necessary compression for tumultuous events that span more than a decade. Yarbro writes sympathetically about the loneliness and perils of near-immortality.
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About this edition

• Publisher: St Martins Pr
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0312932022
• ISBN 13: 9780312932022
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 485