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Belle Catherine was first published in France by Editions de Trévise 1966

see my 'International Cover page' for all the different French covers  here

The first publication in Great Britain by 1964 William Heineman Ltd.,
translated by 'Jocasta Goodwin'



Great-Brittain - Original flyer concerning BELLE CATHERINE

First UK Edition London 1966. Published by William Heinemann Ltd.,

This was the Publisher's flyer regarding the book and Author which was inside the book I once bought. A real treasure for me.



Original Telegram sent by Heinemann Ltd. to author Juliette Benzoni 1966, congratulating her for the great success of BELLE CATHERINE - for more details see also the Press



Belle Catherine was re-issued in 2017 by Telos Publishing - with more than 12 pages missing and never translated ! The book is available in hardcover and also Kindle Format or on other devices.
 
The 12 missing pages twere ranslated by Stephen James Walker (Telos Publishing Ltd.)
 



The re-issued Catherine series is dedicated to Linda Compagnoni Walther by the wish of the late Juliette Benzoni. Souvenir photo with the author Juliette Benzoni on 31 October 2009 during my first visit at Saint-Mandé.



For all facts see → INFO PAGE and at Telos Publishing Ltd. official website   here and all of the books are not abridged this time !


tBelle Catherine was ranslated into more than twenty languages



Catherine and the International book covers (31 countries !) see my special pages




some International Press articles concerning the Catherine Series or a short summary concerning all seven Novels → here



The Ballad of Catherine 1965 -  Composer: Paul AMAR, text: Juliette Benzoni -  Singer: Bernard Stéphane and Michèle Arnaud. 



Film Adaption in 1968 of Catherine, il suffit d'un amour

Director 'Bernard Borderie', the same man who had already directed the Angélique films (after the books by Anne Golon). Juliette was extremely disappointed by the end product, because they had turned her story into a political unrest, inspired by the '1968 Paris riots'! The original story was no longer recognisable! I can only agree with her, I have decided to create an extra page with photos and it is under construction The movie had after all some international actors/actresses which deserve to be mentioned - like Olga Georges-Picot, Claude Brasseur, Horst Frank and Francine Bergé...

The enchanting film music by Michel Magne
 



Catherine, Il suffit d'un amour adapted in 1985

Marion Saraut's TV-Series Catherine premiered on March 19, 1986

Co-Production Antenne 2 - SFP

Director Marion Sarraut

Adaption by Juliette Benzoni & Jean Chatenet

Music by Robert Viger



Story of Catherine  - as seen from the 1986 TV-Series Catherine



Portrait of Director Marion Sarraut here

 

Synopsis : Belle Catherine


France in the fifteenth century is the background to Juliette Benzoni's exciting novel about Catherine Legoix, daughter of a Parisian goldsmith.

The story opens as Catherine awakens in a small boat hidden in a narrow creek. The day before she and Arnaud de Montsalvy had narrowly escaped death for their part in a plot to rescue Jeanne d'Arc; now as the sun comes up, Catherine realizes that Arnaud has disappeared. Determinded to find him and spend the rest of her life at his side, Catherine seeks Arnaud through a France still torn by the ravages of the Hundred Years War.

She is in constant danger from the English soldiery; threatened, in the city of Chartres by the terrible Black Death; imprisoned in Gilles de Rais ghastly "Bluebeard's Castle and forced to witness the barbaric hunting down of her giant servant Gauthier.

At last, Catherine and Arnaud are reunited - and she becomes the Countess of Montsalvy. To her and Arnaud's immense joy - she gives birth to their son "Michel" called after his uncle Michel de Montsalvy.
But already the sky darkens - they arrive at Montsalvy where they find Arnaud's noble castle in ruins - by the order of King Charles VII. Instead of happiness - together with her beloved husband there is now only grief and deep sorrow in store for...
Catherine and Arnaud


 

The main characters in Belle Catherine


 


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