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The rose of Versailles Cover Image Book Book

The rose of Versailles / by Riyoko Ikeda ; translation Mari Morimoto.

Ikeda, Riyoko, (author,, artist.). Morimoto, Mari, (translator.). Allen, Jocelyne, 1974- (translator.). Lee, Jeannie, 1983- (letterer.).

Summary:

"Oscar François de Jarjeyes is a young noblewoman raised as a son by her father. As commander of Marie Antoinette's palace guard, Oscar is brought face-to-face with the luxury of King Louis XVI's court at Versailles. Joined by her servant André, Oscar is privy to the intrigue and deceit of France's last great royal regime." -- Cover.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781927925935 (volume 1 ; hardcover)
  • ISBN: 1927925932 (volume 1 ; hardcover)
  • ISBN: 9781927925942 (volume 2 ; hardcover)
  • ISBN: 1927925940 (volume 2 ; hardcover)
  • ISBN: 9781927925959 (volume 3 ; hardcover)
  • ISBN: 1927925959 (volume 3 ; hardcover)
  • ISBN: 9781927925966 (volume 4 ; hardcover)
  • ISBN: 1927925967 (volume 4 ; hardcover)
  • ISBN: 9781927925973 (volume 5 ; hardcover)
  • ISBN: 1927925975 (volume 5 ; hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 5 volumes : chiefly illustrations ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: Richmond Hill, Ontario : UDON Entertainment Corp., 2019-2020.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Manga format; reads from back to front, right to left.
"This English edition was re-edited and revised based on the Perfect Edition published by SHUEISHA Inc. Tokyo." -- Title page verso.
Originally published in Japanese as Versailles No Bara, a serial in Weekly Margaret.
Volume 5: "Monthly Jam in which "The rose of Versailles side stories-the great detective Loulou" was serialized, was published by Jitsugyo no Nihonsha Sha from the June 1984 issue through the April 1985 issues."
Volume 1 reprints Weekly Margaret issues #21-42 (1972-1973) ; volume 2 reprints Weekly Margaret issues #1-14 (1973) and issues #43-52 (1972) ; volume 3 reprints Weekly Margaret issues #15-36 (1973) ; volume 4 reprints Weekly Margaret issues #37-52 and includes the story The Countess in Black (1974). Volume 5 contains the Rose of Versailles side stories, reprinting stories originally published in 1984-1985.
Language Note:
In English translated from Japanese.

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Genre: Historical comics.
Historical fiction.
Romance comics.

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