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The Tattooed Princess
Brief synopsis of the underlying story:
In 1684, France and Spain were at war and competing ferociously for control of the New World. La
Salle, the famed French explorer credited with discovering the Mississippi, had founded an ill-fated
colony on the Gulf of Mexico, in the process, venturing dangerously into Spanish controlled territory.
This colony, beset by pestilence and famine, was ultimately wiped out by the vengeful “Hasinai” tribe
which had been terribly mistreated by La Salle upon his arrival.
The entire colony was annihilated except for a beautiful young girl named MARIE-MAGDALEINE
TALON and her three younger brothers. These children were captured and eventually adopted and
tattooed by the Hasinai.
Three years later, the Spanish, having learned of their existence, sent 200 heavily armed
conquistadors out of Mexico across southern Texas to seek out and re-capture the children –
ostensibly to “save their souls from eternal damnation among the savages”.
In truth, word of the children’s survival had reached the King Carlos II of Spain, who ordered their
abduction so as to prevent their eventual return to France where they might convey precious
information they held regarding colonization of the New World.
Such were the stakes for control of these rich territories.
Among the Spanish, Marie-Magdaleine, all the more exotic for her tattoos, blossomed into a beautiful
young woman. For three years she and her brothers lived in opulent splendor in the personal home
of the viceroy of Mexico until a native uprising cut short the Viceroy’s term. Though the rebellion was
supplanted, the Viceroy lost his taste for service in this far-flung land and elected to return to Spain,
taking Marie-Magdaleine and her youngest brother with him.
The two middle brothers were conscripted into the Spanish navy, ordered to serve under a famous
Spanish admiral. While patrolling the Caribbean, their ship was captured by the French, resulting in
an astounding discovery – there were survivors of the fabled colony of La Salle.
The boys were spirited back to Paris to be interrogated, but refused to give testimony until their sister
and youngest brother were recovered from Spain.
Information the boys held about the colony of La Salle, about the native tribes of the New World and,
most importantly, about the strength of the Spanish forces in Mexico and rumored unrest among the
Mexican natives, was considered vital. Particularly since a return voyage to the Gulf of Mexico, the
first since the mysterious disappearance of the La Salle colony, was in full preparation under the
leadership of Lord Iberville (founder of New Orleans). In desperation, the French struck a secret
treaty with their arch-enemies, the Spanish.
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Marie-Magdaleine and her brother were delivered back to France in a neutral (Dutch) ship. Once in
Paris and reunited, the four children, all still tattooed, told of their fabulous adventures and became
overnight celebrities in the court of Louis XIV. Marie-Magdaleine, imbued with regal bearing and an
exotic transcendent beauty – rendered all the more startling by her tattoos -- was courted by all the
most eligible bachelors of the court……not to mention most of their fathers.
All
this
is
true……!!!
Seen through the eyes of Marie-Magdaleine, TATTOOED PRINCESS is a story of spiritual evolution
and sexual awakening – a rite of passage – a journey toward womanhood.
But it’s more. Sprawling across three continents, criss-crossing four disparate cultures, spanning
more than a decade during the final years of the 17th century, this is also an unparalleled odyssey of
survival and discovery.
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