Who Is Isabeau De Marnaye? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Isabeau De Marnaye is a Éditions Glénat comic book character, with over 17 comic issue appearances. For revenge and to escape, Isa choses exile. Passenger of the wind on tall ships, she'll suffer wars, prisons and discover the horors of the slave trade. Forever marked by these experiences, Isa nonetheless loves life, men, women and her liberty above all. She'll never forget to remain rebel.

Who is Isabeau De Marnaye?

Passengers of the Wind is a multi-part series telling the story of Isabeau de Marnaye, an eighteenth century aristocrat feminist rebelling against the established order. In issue #1, "The Girl at the Poop", we find her fleeing France aboard a Warship on which she meets Hoel Marie Tragan a simple top man that she is compelled to save from a deadly punishment. She soon seduces him and, during a fight with the English Navy, Hoel kills a vengeful Captain holding Isa at gunpoint and they both go overboard along with the ship's surgeon, Michel de Saint-Quentin to be later picked up by the Royal Navy. In issue #2, "The Pontoon", Hoel and Saint-Quentin are prisoners aboard a pontoon, a landed obsolete ship used as a prison. Because of her education, Isa is hired as a French teacher for a rich merchant's daughter, Mary Hereford, whom she quickly befriends. Mary is, unbeknownst to her father, with child from John Smolett, a lieutenant aboard the pontoon. They soon plan an escape for Hoel and Saint-Quentin, along with John and Mary to France where Isa's and Saint-Quentin's relations would prove useful. The escape nearly fails and Mary gives birth in a cutter in the Channel.

Key facts

Isabeau De Marnaye is of human origin and first appeared in "La fille sous la dunette". The character is published by Éditions Glénat. With 17 recorded issue appearances, Isabeau De Marnaye ranks among the most featured characters in comics.