Gift book "Fanfan Tulip" by Lepelletier, in 5 volumes

You have the opportunity to get acquainted with one of the most adventurous adventure novels in world literature. This work is being published in Russian for the first time.

One day, on the threshold of the church, a poor peasant family finds two foundlings. When the boys grew up, one of them (Fanfan-Tulip) enlisted in the army, and the other (Angelus) devoted himself to science and earned money by giving lessons to rich families, in one of which he fell madly in love with his pupil Blanche de Rozelle, a minor heiress of one of the richest fortunes in France, which he dreams of cleaning up Her guardian, Baron Fitz-Onnal, is in charge.

The first Minister of France, the Duke of Choiseul, and the Minister of War de Maurepas promise to help him in this in exchange for the beautiful Blanche, whom they want to make a new favorite of King Louis XV in order to overthrow the hated and domineering Pompadour. They decide to marry Blanche off. Fitz-Onnal chooses Fanfan Tulip, who has returned from the army, whom he plans to declare his distant relative, the missing grandson and heir to the multimillion-dollar fortune of Duke Oel.

The plan of the ministers and the baronet seemed to be successful — Fanfan becomes the rightful heir to a multimillion-dollar fortune, receives the title of marquis and the rank of colonel from the king, and is sent to the active army, where he must disappear forever, leaving untold riches to Fitz-Onell, and Blanche to the king.