num_pages: 424
description: On a cruel summer day at Montrichard Anne of France was betrayed by the king her father.Though he had promised her long ago to the one man she truly desired - the handsome Louis Duke of Orleans - it suddenly suited political interests that she be given to a Bourbon prince.On that summer day as Anne trembled in Louis' strong arms a vow was made between the thwarted lovers to match the scheming vengeance of king and kingdom...to defy with subtle courage all who dared oppose them...to be joined at last as husband and wife before the eyes of all France.
language: English
title: The Golden Porcupine
publisher: Avon Books