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Everything about the re-issuing of the Catherine Novels
For more about the success of the Catherine
Novels
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June 2021
... and I am delighted that I have had contact
with Mrs. 'Simona d'Achille' who was so kind to
confirm to me that indeed her late father the
acclaimed Italian Artist GINO D'ACHILLE had
illustrated three of the 'Catherine Pan books'
we see on the images below. It is:
ONE LOVE IS ENOUGH - CATHERINE - CATHERINE A TIME
FOR LOVE
Simona d'Achille has confinded in me that
her father had at times asked her mother or his
children to pose for a painting. In
this particular case it was for 'Catherine and a
time for love'. For this reason the fifth
of the Catherine Pan books cover is her
favourite and close to her heart. I admit that I
am now looking at that particular cover with a
tender smile. It is now his daughter who manages
his Archive and Studio Editions.
link to
https://www.ginodachille.com/
website see Cover Gallery for more of the books
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 2021,
June,
the 7th Catherine Novel, is the only book that
has
a 'Note' written by Juliette Benzoni to her foreign Readers.
That it is at the same time a dedication to me
makes this book even more precious. I did not
know at that time if I ever would succeed, but
Juliette was convinced, see above...
Juliette Benzoni, the
'Queen of historic Novels'
at her home in Saint-Mandé (around 1962), where she wrote all
her Novels until she left us in 2016. The author
had two typewriters. There was the electric
typewriter
on the photo above, with which she wrote
her letters and her Bestsellers. But it was with
the 'portable Remington Monarch de Luxe'
typewriter, she wrote her first 'Catherine
adventure, 'One Love is Enough', confirmed by
her daughter Anne Gallois a few years ago to me.
The
deed is done... 1
June 2021
,,, and almost 13 years after this website
www.catherinedemontsalvy.ch
has been created by me - I fulfilled my personal
Quest...! No, I have not been a Ring-bearer like
Frodo Baggins, but I took up the torch and did
all in my power, that one day the English
Readers would be able to read the last of the
seventh books in the Catherine series
Catherine: The Lady of
Montsalvy, It is a moment to
rejoice and celebrate. The only downside is that
Juliette Benzoni was not able to see this day...
but wherever she is, I am sure she is smiling
down and toasting with a glass of 'Moon champagne'
with Alexandre Dumas (Three Musketeers) ,Victor Hugo
(Les Miserables) and Alain Decaux (Historian and
friend of Juliette), saying:
«
I told you, she will find a way... even when I
am gone.
»
... thank you Juliette for all the amazing hours
while
reading your
Catherine Novels and all the other
wonderful books... a very emotional Linda
The
latest News before the great day... 1
June 2021
Advanced
copy of the Lady of Montsalvy
28 May 2021
WHY WE HAD TO WAIT 43 YEARS FOR THE SEVENTH CATHERINE
BOOK
Linda Compagnoni Walther, webmaster,
31 October 2009
On my first visit to
Juliette
Benzoni 2009 I
finally learned the reason why the « seventh
book »
La Dame de Montsalvy of the
Catherine series, had never been translated into
English.
Her
French publisher had very good business
relationships with the English publisher
Heinemann Ltd. and did everything in his
power that
Juliette Benzoni's
Catherine
would continuously be translated. Years
later, after the publication of
Catherine and a Time for Love
which had ended with
an epilogue, Juliette was again asked to sit
down and let the readers know more about the life
of Catherine and Arnaud. Happily she agreed to
do this and wrote two more books.
In 1973 Piège pour
Catherine 'A
Trap for Catherine'
(former title: A
Snare for Catherine)
was published
in France, but
times had changed...
The company Éditions Trévise who had
published the Catherine Novels since 1963
had closed their doors. This is also the
explanation for the gap of six years until the
seventh book La Dame de Montsalvy came
into the book market as late as 1978-1979!
I can only assume that
for her various new Publishers, foreign translations seemed to be less important
than the home editions - especially if they
concerned her first Novels! Unfortunately, one
of the neglected Countries affected the UK, America,
Canada and Australia... where millions of
English Readers were cheated out of the
question,
if Catherine and Arnaud would see each other
again - or if the hero indeed died at Châteauvillain
(see A Trap for Catherine)
I have received many letters
since launching the Catherine de Montsalvy
website in 2008! Fans of the books were aghast
to learn that there was a seventh book,
having believed that our hero Arnaud had
died at Châteauvillain at the hands of
that villain Le Damoiseau - leaving our
heroine a widow with two little children!
In the last couple of years I had written to
Publishers all over the world, begging them to
translate and publish La Dame de
Montsalvy into English. They did
not even have the decency to answer any of my letters !
UNBELIEVABLE AND LONG AWAITED GREAT NEWS
... 2014
But the miracle happened in 2014 when
Telos
Publishing contacted me ! The rest is now
history, not only will the books be re-issued -
this time the
« forgotten book » as I used to call it,
will finally be made available in English for
the faithful readers of Juliette Benzoni. My dearest friend Juliette who left us on
'February 7, 2016' had been overjoyed and happily
signed the contract with Telos Publishing Ltd.
Who said that
Happy-ends
do not exist anymore
nowadays ? One more word to
Telos Publishing,
they are adding all the left out parts from the
earlier editions by Heinemann. With BELLE
CATHERINE that made believe it or not "over 12
pages" especially situations which describe the
character of Arnaud de Montsalvy, who presents
himself in a new light in the third book.
So
we wait and see what will happen and to be sure
this Website will talk about the publishing
DATE
when it is official !
Surprise on APRIL 2021
Telos Publishing Ltd.
REVEALED - THE BOOK COVER
FOR THE LADY OF MONTSALVY
First,
Catherine:
The Lady of Montsalvy is the
only one in the series where the author wrote the
finishing date at the end of the book
«
3 September 1978
»
! Image will follow when the book is on the
market on 1 June 2021 !
secondly:
The Lady of Montsalvy will be translated by
'Linda Compagnoni Walther' (Webmaster of the
only official www.catherinedemontsalvy.ch
website) and 'Stephen James Walker' (Telos
Publishing)
thirdly,
it will be the only book where Juliette Benzoni
wrote a
Note
to her foreign Readers, in this case to her
English readers. Image will also follow...
Telos Publishing is proud to present the
first ever English-language translation of
the seventh and final book in Juliette
Benzoni’s acclaimed, best-selling series of
historical romance novels.
The
pre-order
for CATHERINE 7 live on the Telos
official website since 4 April 2021
Translated into English by Linda Compagnoni
Walther and Stephen James Walker.
298pp 6×9-format paperback novel.
ISBN: 978-1-84583-183-7
Publishing
date: 1 June 2021
S U M M A R Y:
In this final book of the series...
Catherine not only has to face fear, murder
and the horror of war..., but also an unfair
trap, which separates her from her beloved
husband Arnaud de Montsalvy. She has to
abandon him, seriously wounded, in the camp
of the Damoiseau de Commercy. She finds
refuge in the castle of her friend the
Countess Ermengarde in Châteauvillain. The
castle is besieged by the Damoiseau de
Commercy, Robert de Saarebrück.
During her long hours of helplessness, she
reflects on this avalanche of events - it is
undoubtedly the cruelest she has experienced
so far. The attackers suddenly disappear,
leaving behind fire and blood. Catherine
begins a new life, following a difficult
road in the hope of victory and
happiness. She desperately wants to return
home to Montsalvy. She longs to see her
lovely children - from whom she has had no
news for months - and to be reunited with
Arnaud, whom she still loves despite
everything that happened the last time they
met.
But the journey will be long and difficult.
King René of Anjou has been taken prisoner
by Duke Philippe of Burgundy. On her way to
Dijon to rescue King René (and give him the
letter she brings on behalf of Queen Yolande,
his mother) she falls into a terrible trap
set by the despicable Robert of Saarebrück.
To escape her despair, Catherine, escorted
by her faithful page Béranger and her squire
Gauthier de Chazay, will divert her route to
unexpected horizons - Lorraine, Luxembourg
and Flanders. There she met Duke Philippe of
Burgundy, who still loved Catherine.
After a long and difficult recovery, she is
eager to return home at last, to her
children, her vassals in the mountains of
Auvergne... but what will await her there?
Sneak-peak
The Lady of Montsalvy Novel has 14 chapters :
As a treat, I like to
share two excerpt from the new
book:
Quote
1
'I am the Countess
of Montsalvy and have come here to see
my uncle Mathieu!’ said Catherine
calmly. ‘Take me to him!’
Then, as the other
looked at her without a word, turning
slightly towards Loyse, who had just
appeared, she added:
‘The Reverend
Mother Abbess, whom you have just
allowed to be thrown out, is my sister.
I want you to know that it will be much
more difficult for you to get rid of
me.’
Quote 2
‘Shall I continue, Sire?’ she asked coldly.
‘You have ordered me, it seems, to undress
…. exactly as if I were a harlot brought
here for your pleasure, and not your
mother’s messenger.’!'...
Telos
Publishing 2020
2 June 2020
Fantastic news for the readers of the Catherine
Saga. As we learn from Telos Publishing ,the
sixth in the series: 'A TRAP FOR CATHERINE' is
now available on Amazon UK & USA or directly at TELOS
PUBLISHING website.
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Telos
Publishing 2020
23 April 2020
Great news for the readers of the Catherine
Saga. Telos Publishing has
announce that the fifth in the series:
'CATHERINE: A TIME FOR LOVE' is now available
on Amazon UK
.&
Amazon USA, either in paperback or Kindle
editions.
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Telos Publishing Ltd.
April 15, 2019
Great news to share with you. Telos
Publishing has informed today
that they will continue to re-issue the
next two Catherine Novels :
Catherine: A
time for love and
A Trap for Catherine
Manager Stephen James Walker of Telos
Publishing Ltd. :
'we shall
in 2021, after more than 43 years finally be able
to read the seventh book of the
Catherine series - THE LADY OF MONTSALVY.
Looking with great pleasure forward to
2021 when this epic story will be
concluded with the last adventure of
Catherine'. Stephen James Walker
For more
information either see
Telos Publishing
website,
this
Website or one of the 'Juliette
Benzoni Catherine Facebook' pages which
are moderated by me.
I cannot wait to write one day: TASK
accomplished... !
As I wrote on my
introduction page in 2008, it has always been
my main goal to see the day the last of
the Catherine Novels 'La Dame de
Montsalvy' shall be translated into
English, so the faithful English Readers will
finally know what happened to Catherine
and if indeed Arnaud de Montsalvy died
as we had to assume at the end of the sixth Novel
A
Trap for Catherine...
webmaster, Linda
BREAKING
NEWS... BREAKING NEWS...
Breaking
NEWS...
2017
June 30, 2017
The Beatles fans have reason to rejoice
celebrating
the 50th Anniversary of the fabulous
album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club
Band" (All you need is love, When I'am
sixty-four) we Catherine fans have also
reason to be delighted as we can look
forward of the re-issuing of the fourth
in the Catherine Series - now called:
Catherine,her great Journey, 50 years
after it was first published in 1967 !
Thank you so much to the Managers of 'Telos Publishing' for
informing me today of that great news.
As
written before, I am in
contact since 2014 with the
Managers of Telos Publishing
Ltd. and will keep you informed about
the publishing date of the next
in the series
'Catherine, Her
Great Journey'.
official publishing date March 2017
!
'Belle
Catherine' re-issued in 2017 by
Telos
Publishing -
with more
than
«
12 - 15 pages
»
never translated
before ! Available in
Hardcover and also Kindle format or any other
devices.
The third in the series
BELLE CATHERINE
can be ordered at
Telos Publishing
or at
Amazon
Collages by Linda Compagnoni Walther,
webmaster
HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT IN 2014
December 1, 2014
What a wonderful surprise to be
sent a proof copy of One Love
is Enough, the new English
translation by Telos
Publishing, and what an
honour too that they trusted my
knowledge of the Catherine story
and asked me to check it for
errors!
For years I had hoped beyond
hope that one day the English
readers would be able to read
Juliette Benzoni’s «
Catherine » without left-out
texts and other mistakes. A dream is coming true before my eyes… forever
combined with my heroine and all the other unforgettable characters of
Catherine… a fairy-tale magically coming to life.
☆
November
21, 2014
The Catherine novels are to be
re-issued in English - starting with ONE LOVE IS ENOUGH and CATHERINE
on March,2015. The seventh and last adventure 'The Lady of
Montsalvy' will be translated in the coming years.
When Telos Publishing contacted
me in January 2014 with their
hopes, nobody in the world could
be happier than myself that at
long last an English publisher
wanted to bring all seven
of the Catherine de Montsalvy
novels to a fresh audience. For
years I had written
letters worldwide, begging that the seventh
Novel La Dame de
Montsalvy would be
translated into
English – and out of the blue
came an email from TELOS. Juliette was absolutely
delighted, of course, and set me
the task of being her
«
go-between
» until the contract
was signed. I am so thrilled to
tell you all that Telos
are working on new translations
so that the complete French texts
will be in their new English
editions in both print and eBook
formats.
Photo of Juliette Benzoni around
1990
In Heinemann's
Ltd. original hardcover books (and many othter
countries) we see these two beautiful
photos of Juliette Benzoni. The one on the left was
taken by the acclaimed late writer photographer Jerry
Bauer (1934 -
2010)
The photo on the right side was taken by another world
famous photographer Sam Lévin (1904 - 1988). The
photo by Levin
, the author used to give out
for autograph's.
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There are only two original English article's (so far !) I can present thanks to the late Juliette Benzoni. My dear friend Juliette had a souvenir box where she kept many of the articles from all over the world. See my PRESS page for more information about that → HERE
We learn from the little article in the 'Tatler' above, how many attempts the Artist tried out until they believed to have found the perfect image for Catherine.
Yet the
Magazine 'Tatler' did
not mention the name of the
Artist...! I do not know this
for sure, but in the Sixties and
even later they did not think
this necessary!
Yet in this particular book,
'Heinmann Ltd'. printed in the
inside of the dust jacket the
name of the Illustrator. His
name 'Pino Dell'Orco, a young
and very talented Italian
Artist, invited to come to
London by 'Renato Fratini',
another great Artist from Italy.
Later 'Dell'Orco' would get
famous for his illustration for
some of the 'Spy Thrillers'
written by 'Desmond Bagley'! I
owe this news to my friend
'Philip Eastman' from the
official
Desmond Bagley
website.,
researcher and author of the E-book: Desmond Bagley Writer : An
Enguiry into a Novelist
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The Scotsman's edition on 14 August 1964
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Juliette
Benzoni in 'London' August 1964 at a Cocktail Party
in her honour, introducing to the English readers her first bestseller:
One Love is Enough. We see on the photo
above BBC Radio Reporter 'Leigh Crutchley'
interviewing the 'Countess Juliette Benzoni di Conza' (actually her name when she married Count André Benzoni),
as she was introduced to the Press in England and Scotland.
Juliette was
accompanied by Gérald Gauthier, General Secretary of the
Press Agency of Opéra Mundi.
the man who asked her at the end of
the Fifties, after watching her in a TV Quiz show, if she was capable to write a 'Historic
Romance' story in the style of *Angélique, by the late author 'Anne Golon'.
On the inside of the original Dust Jacket the name
of the Artist is given as DELL'ORCO. I could
not resist and did some research about the
Artist.
He was Italian and his full name Pino DELL'ORCO, I was lucky and
found Phil Eastwood's
website where we learn that
Dell'Orco was a renowned brilliant Book cover artist
and quite famous
for his drawings for the
Desmond Bagley Spy Thrillers.
Thanks to researcher and writer Phil
Eastwood,
we are able to read and admirer other Works by 'Pino
Dell'Orco'. I am so delighted that the Book
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Trivia & Facts
The
Catherine series was first published in
France by
Editions de Trévise
1963
While
spending many years on holdidays in the
Auvergne,
the
author chose the enchanting village
Montsalvy as the home for the main
characters:
«
Catherine and Arnaud de Montsalvy
». during her researches in Montsalvy, the author
stayed at the 'Auberge Fleurie', which we see on
the Collage above. Thanks to Marie Gaston,
author of
«
Pourquoi Montsalvy, Madame Benzoni»?
we can see the Guestbook on the photo with a
dedication from Juliette to the owners of the Inn at that
time.
First
publication in Great Britain by William Heineman Ltd. 1964
- translated by 'Jocasta Goodwin'
The
first six Catherine Novels have been re-issued in England
by Telos Publishing Ltd. starting in
2015! The seventh so far never translated
book The Lady of Montsalvy will be published
on «
1 June 2021 »,
and
finally translated into English... after
more than 43 years - hurray for the English
Readers...! translated by
Linda Compagnoni Walther (webmaster) and Stephen
James Walker (Telos Publishing Ltd) .
The
re-issued Catherine series in English is
dedicated to 'Linda Compagnoni Walther', webmaster of
this website, which had been the wish of the late
Juliette
Benzoni in 2014.
Souvenir
photo with the author Juliette Benzoni on 31 October
2009 during my first visit to meet the author at Saint-Mandé.
The Catherine
series and
the PRESS
→
rare material from 1959 - 2021 never seen articles
and photos
→
here
The
Catherine series have so far been translated into more than twenty-six languages (31 countries !) - see the international
Book covers page →
here
The
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Ballad of Catherine 1965
-
Composer: Paul AMAR, text: Juliette Benzoni - Singer:
Bernard Stéphane
and Michèle Arnaud.
Film
Adaption in 1968
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 Stars which deserve to be mentioned -
like Olga Georges-Picot, Claude Brasseur, Horst
Frank and Francine Bergé.
Music by Michel Magne - who already composed the
Film music for the
Angélique films.
Television-Series in 1986
Catherine,
Il suffit d'un amour
Co-Production Antenne 2 - SFP
Director
Marion Sarraut
Adaption by
Juliette Benzoni & Jean Chatenet
Music by
Robert Viger
Marion
Saraut's
Catherine, il suffit d'un amour
television series
premiered in 1986
Story
of Catherine - photos from the 1986
TV-Series Catherine, il suffit d'un amour
Portrait
of Director
Marion Sarraut
→
here
Hardcover images of the
Catherine books between 1964 - 1974
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1966 |
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1967 |
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1968 |
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1974 |
Fabulous discovery on 16 February 2020
On the inside of the original Dust Jacket the name
of the Artist is given as DELL'ORCO. I could not
resist and did some research about the
Artist.
He was
Italian and his full name
Pino
dell'Orco,
a brilliant Artist and quite famous. The good
fortune brought me to the
The Bagley Brief
website
(about
the English Thriller author
Desmond Bagley
(1923 - 1983) where the webmaster informs us
that Pino Dell'Orco
(born ? - 2013) was a renowned
book cover Artist.
Thanks
to the researcher and webmaster
Philip Eastman
(autor
of the the E-book: Desmond Bagley Writer : An
Enguiry into a Novelist) we are able to admirer
other Works by Pino Dell'Orco. I am very much
honoured that the Book cover of ONE LOVE IS ENOUGH
is now also immortalised there.
Where it says about the Works of Philip Eastman:
« This website has
been preserved for the future by the
British Library’s UK Web Archive,
historic web captures of the site are available
in the Legal Deposit Library Reading Rooms
».
Alas,
not on all of the original covers we see a name for
the Illustrator. This is
what I got so far:
1. One love is enough - Jacket designed by Pino
dell'Orco
2. Catherine - Jacket designed by
Jon Davis (confirmed to me by his son Ethan Davis)
3. Belle Catherine - Jacket Designer ???
4. Catherine and Arnaud - Jacket designed by
David Grove
5. Catherine and a time for love - Jacket Designer ???
6. A Snare for Catherine - Jacket Designer ???
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Pan books for U.K. Australia, New Zealand, South Africa...
With a little help from a friend - February 2020
I am really excited to announce that I finally know
some of the
names of the Artists for the Pan Books covers for
the CATHERINE
series.
It was the
very talented
Hans Heinrich Hellweg
from Denmark. A big thank
you to Tim from
www.tikit.net
for this splendid news. Hans Helweg
was a great Artist, I invite you to click on the link
above. You will be surprised to learn of all he achieved
in his long life.
June
2021
... and I am delighted that I have had today contact
with Mrs. 'Simona d'Achille' who was so kind to
confirm to me that indeed her late father the
acclaimed Italian Artist GINO D'ACHILLE had
illustrated three of the Catherine Pan books we see
above. It is:
ONE LOVE IS ENOUGH - CATHERINE - CATHERINE A TIME
FOR LOVE
Simona d'Achille has confinded in me that
her father had at times asked her mother and his children to pose for a painting. In this
particular case it was for 'Catherine and a time for
love'. For this reason the fifth of the
Catherine Pan books cover is her favourite and close
to her heart. I admit that I am now looking at that
particular cover with a tender smile. It is his
daughter who manages now his Archive and Studio
Editions, why not have a look at:
https://www.ginodachille.com/ website
1. One love is enough - jacket
Illustrator:
Gino d'Achille (for Pan books GB)
2. Catherine - jacket
Illustrator:
Gino d'Achille (for Pan books
GB)
3. Belle Catherine - jacket
Illustrator ???
4. Catherine and Arnaud - jacket
Illustrator:
Hans
Heinrich Helweg (for Pan
books)
5. Catherine and a time for love
- jacket Illustrator : Gino
d'Achille (for Pan books)
6. A Snare for Catherine -
jacket Illustrator ? |
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1976 |
Another series of the American paperbacks
Cover Illustration by Elaine Gignilliat
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