![]() While studying the history of Burgundy she discovered the Order of the Golden Fleece, which was later to inspire the seven Catherine novels. She married a doctor, Maurice Gallois in 1941, and they moved to Dijon where she became the mother of two children. īenzoni was educated at the Lycée Fénelon, College d'Hulst and the Institut Catholique de Paris, where she studied philosophy, law and literature. At the age of nine she discovered her passion for history through reading a book about Joan of Arc, and her father encouraged her to read the books of Alexander Dumas by giving her a copy of The Three Musketeers. She grew up in an upper-middle-class family in Paris. She was born Andrée-Marguerite-Juliette Mangin, the daughter of Marie-Susanne Arnold (of Alsace and Swiss origin) and Charles-Hubert Mangin. ![]() Known as the "Queen of History Novels" and "Daughter of Alexander Dumas", she wrote 86 books, which were translated into at least 22 languages. In 1998, at the age of 78, she received the Chevalier de l'Ordre National (National Order of Merit) from President Jacques Chirac. Juliette Benzoni (30 October 1920 – 7 February 2016) was a French author and international bestseller in several genres, including historical romance, historical fiction, mystery and screenwriting. Knight of National Order of Merit France (1998) ![]() Prix Louis Barthou Académie française (1988) ![]() ![]() Cimetière Saint-Mandé Sud, Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, FranceĪlexandre Dumas Prix (1973 for Literature) ![]()
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