A Candle For d'Artagnan

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Tom Doherty Associates, Jul 15, 1994 - Fiction - 416 pages

Olivia Atta Clemens, immortal vampire, Roman noblewoman, beloved of the Count Saint-Germain-has come to Paris seeking only peace. But the year is 1637, and there is no peace to be found in the Court of Louis XIII, where Cardinal Richelieu maneuvers to control the throne.

Caught up in the intrigue against her will, Olivia seeks and wins the protection of a young guardsman named d'Artagnan-a man destined to become one of the greatest heroes of all time.



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Authors Notes
Part I
Prologue
1
Prologue
10
Epilogue
Copyright

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A Candle For D'Artagnan
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
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About the author (1994)

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.

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TitleA Candle For d'Artagnan
AuthorChelsea Quinn Yarbro
PublisherTom Doherty Associates, 1994
ISBN1466807709, 9781466807709
Length416 pages
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Fiction / Fantasy / Dark Fantasy
Fiction / Horror
  
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