Andree de Taverney or The Downfall of French Monarchy; Alexander Dumas; 1896; smaller hardback in good condition; normal fading of pages for 19th century book; green boards; The F. M. Lupton Publishing Company; no dust jacket.
 
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Andrée de Taverney is, at the beginning of the series, the proud daughter of the baron of Taverney, and sister of Philippe de Taverney Maison-Rouge. She is magnetized by Cagliostro, and raped by Gilbert. She gets pregnant, but doesn't even know she is no longer a virgin.

When Gilbert confesses all and proposes to her, she says no, and then he steals her baby shortly after his birth.

She lives in Court as a lady-in-waiting of Marie Antoinette, who is also her personal friend. But she believes she is dishonored, and that she can't be loved for a respectable man. She falls in love with Olivier, Count de Charny, who proposes to her. Her happiness doesn't last, because she finds out that he only did it to protect the honor of Marie Antoinette, with whom he is believed to have an affair. Nevertheless, she marries him to save the Queen, and spends the following six years living apart from the Count.

She requires the arrest of Gilbert...