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The Scarlet Rose

The Scarlet Rose is a series of comics and novels by Patricia Lyfoung,mixing Franco-Belgian style and manga styles.

The series is published by Delcourt, (2005-2019), and numbers fifteen volumes .

Only four volumes were translated in english and published by CHARMZ

SERIES
AUTHOR	Patricia Lyfoung
Colors	Patricia Lyfoung Philippe Ogaki
Genre	Period
Main characters	Maud de la Roche Guilhem de Landrey
Action place	18th century France
Country	France
Original language	French
publisher	Charmz
Collection	Young reader
Volumes	4

Synopsis

After her father's murder by an unknown person,young Maud de la Roche is raised by her grandfather, whom she had never heard of , and who lives in Paris. Her education and behaviour do not go down well with the old gentleman, accustumed to socializing with distinguished people and nobles. But Maud is only interested in fencing and also in the deeds of The Fox from the rich to redistribute their wealth to poor people.

At a party where she has been brought by her grandfather, Maud gets to meet with Guilhem de Landrey, a young earl. He accepts to give her fencing lessons, which will bring them closer to each other,until Maud learns that he is The Fox.Guilhem offer his help to find who is behind the death of her father. After much searching, they suspect the baron of Huet because of his striking similarities with the murderer. During all those adventures ,Guilhem and Maud develop feelings toward each other. Together,they will try to avenge Maud.

Volumes

• Volume 1: I knew I'd meet you (2017)
• Volume 2: I'll go where you go (2018)
• Volume 3: I think I love you (2018)
• Volume 4: You Will Always Be Mine (2019)

Forthcoming (already available in the original language)

• Volume 5: Je serai toujours avec toi [I will always be with you]
• Volume 6: Je crois que je t'aime [ I think I love you]
• Volume 7: Tu seras toujours à moi [ You will always be mine]
• Volume 8: Où es-tu? [ Where are you ?]
• Volume 9: Me pardonneras-tu ? [ Will you forgive me ?]
• Volume 10: Tu aurais dû me laisser mourir [ You should have let me die]
• Volume 11: Peux-tu comprendre cela ? [ Can you understand that ?]
• Volume 12: Tu m'as ouvert les yeux [ You've opened my eyes ]
• Volume 13: Elle a tellement changé [ She changed so much]
• Volume 14: Elle m'a toujours protégé [ She always protected me]
• Volume 15: Elle rend le monde meilleur [ She makes the world a better place]

Awards

The reader's Grand prix of Le journal de Mickey,awarded by a children's Jury representing 250,000 readers of the magazine, was awarded in 2007 to the third volume of The Scarlet rose (in the original language).

Novelisation

Two novels were inspired by La Rose écarlate written by Sarah Cohen-Scali under the pseudonym Sarah.K.(only available in the original language)

1. Bas les masques ![ Down the masks !] (Hachette Jeunesse, March 2009)
2. Mission Venise [Venice mission ] (Hachette Jeunesse, December 2009)

The story is noticeably different , neverthless illuminates some aspects of the comic strip.

Spin-off

Written by Lyfoung but drawn by Jenny, a spin-off called La Rose écarlate-Missions tells in form of diptychs the adventures of La Rose écarlate and Le Renard between volume 6 and 7 when they comeback from Turkey, engaged.She is interested in their double lives of avengers. It is published by Delcourt (only available in the original language).

1. Le Spectre de la Bastille 1/2 The Bastille Spectrum 1/2(November 2013)
2. Le Spectre de la Bastille 2/2 The Bastille Spectrum 2/2 (May 2016)
3. La Dame en rouge 1/2 The lady in red 1/2(May 2015)
4. La Dame en rouge 2/2 The lady in red 2/2(June 2016)
5. La Belle et le loup 1/2 The beauty and the wolf 1/2 (May 2017)
6. La Belle et le loup 2/2 The beauty and the wolf 2/2(May 2018)