First published: in France by Editions Trévise 1967

see my 'International Cover page' for all the different French covers →  here

The Catherine series was translated into more than twenty languages.

English translation by 'Jocasta Goodwin and the dust jacket was designed by 'David Grove'.



The fourth Novel named 'Catherine and Arnaud' was published in Great Britain 1967 by William Heineman Ltd. 

Announcement in MARYLENBONE MERCUREY journal SEPTEMBER 1967, of the forthcoming 4th book Catherine and Arnaud



I am sorry the above text is so small... but is very difficult to find some articles from the Sixties.

Catherine and Arnaud, by Juliette Benzoni (Heinemann Ltd.) writing with all the dramatic brilliance which makes her "Belle Catherine" so exciting, Juliette Benzoni now traces the fortunes of the Countess of Montsalvy as she struggles to restore her husband's name to its former glory. Set against the backgrounds of the squalor of a gypsy-camp, the splendour of Charles VII's court and of a France devastated by The Hundred Years' War, this is a story of powerful emotion and tempestuous adventure.  
 

UK Pan books edition for 'Catherine and Arnaud'.The illustration was once more done by 'Hans Heinrich Helweg' from Denmark..It is indeed a marvelous drawing, and it shows that Mr. Helweg was told about that specific moment in the book, which was a very important scene from the fourth Novel, other foreign Publishers called it: The Revenge of Catherine...

These are images of the USA paperback editions from the Sixties. The Cover on the left above was painted by American illustrator Elaine Gignilliat and the one on the right by Milton Charles.




The Catherine series has been re-issued in England by Telos Publishing Ltd. in 2015! The new edition was re-named and called:   'Catherine : Her Great Journey'.



The re-issued Catherine series is dedicated to Linda Compagnoni Walther by the wish of the late Juliette Benzoni.
Souvenir photo with the author on 31 October 2009 during my first visit to Saint-Mandé.



For all facts see → INFO PAGE  and at Telos Publishing Ltd. official website  → here and all of the books are not abridged this time !



Catherine and the International book covers (31 countries !) see my special pages



The → Ballad of Catherine 1965 -  Composer: Paul AMAR, text: Juliette Benzoni -  Singer: Bernard Stéphane and Michèle Arnaud.



some International Press articles concerning the Catherine Series
   



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. 

The beautiful Film-Music by Michel Magne
 


Catherine, Il suffit d'un amour adapted in 1985

Catherine, Il suffit d'un amour - filmed for French Télévision - premiered on March 19, 1986

Co-Production Antenne 2 - SFP

Director Marion Sarraut

Adaption by Juliette Benzoni & Jean Chatenet (écrivain français, auteur et producteur de radio et de télevision)

Marion Saraut's TV-Series Catherine, il suffit d'un amour premiered in 1986

Music by Robert Viger



Story of Catherine  - as seen from the 1986 TV-Series Catherine, il suffit d'un amour



Portrait of Director Marion Sarraut → here