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Victor Dixen | Conversations in Character with Jeanne Froidelac
Author Guest / September 21, 2023

Book Title: THE COURT OF SHADOWS: Vampyria Saga Book One Character Name:  Jeanne Froidelac (also known in Versailles as baronette Diane de Gastefriche)   How would you describe your family or your childhood? My name is Jeanne Froidelac and I had a happy childhood in the Auvergne, a secluded mountainous region in the center of France. My small town, Butte-aux-Rats, is so remote that I never saw a vampyre until I turned 17.  Of course, as all commoners, I had to give one tenth of my blood every month to feed the vampyric aristocracy. My father, who was the town’s doctor, was responsible for puncturing me, my two brothers and my mother. The blood of all the villagers was then sent to Versailles. Yes: I really thought my parents were just ordinary servile citizens, doing the willing of the Lords of the Night. Little did I suspect that they were in reality rebels belonging to the Fronde, the criminal organization that has pledged to overthrow bloodsuckers! One day, the soldiers of King Louis XIV, the supreme vampyre, burst into our house. They killed my whole family. I am the only survivor. I came to Versailles under the false identity of…