The Huguenot Chronicles: Books 1 - 3: A historical fiction trilogy

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I felt, as I read, that the series was catering to historians who might find pleasure with Monk’s recreation of past events and places. The account of Jeanne and Jacob Delpeche's escape from religious oppression was eye-opening and interesting. My mother (Ann Bates Stoup) left this world when I was only a senior in high school in the fall of 1967. As an American suffering through these dark days of corruption in the highest offices in our land, it is a delight to disappear into a world populated by brave and spiritually serious characters.

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Louis XIV has brazenly revoked his grandfather Henry IV’s treaty, which had granted Protestants substantial residential and religious rights. Jacob, having managed to escape from the cruel Caribbean pirates, has been asked to join other Huguenot settlers founding New Rochelle outside the burgeoning city of New York. Some military action, quite a few periods of danger and tribulation for this family of staunch French Huguenot Protestants that refuse to deny their faith for the sake of retaining wealth and property, and even possibly their very lives. I haven't read many historical novels, particularly about this period in time, although I have a great interest in it.

Beliefs that they were so committed to that they willingly, even joyfully, gave up every thing they had for the sake of them.

The Huguenot Chronicles: Books 1 - 3: A historical fiction

I would recommend this family saga of holding onto your faith and going to a new home to enjoy that freedom. In fact, I spent many years going to the Catholic Church in France where my first son was baptised and confirmed! The writing itself is articulate and clever, and very descriptive and left me with the impression that it was written in a time gone by with definite flavorings of Dickensian type text, which I must say was appropriate for the subject matter. If Jeanne and Jacob can't find a way to evade the soldiers' clutches, their family will face a fate far worse than poverty and imprisonment. One credit a month to pick any title from our entire premium selection — yours to keep (you'll use your first credit now).

Describe this story, it was exciting, frightening to imagine that events such as the ones taking place here really did happen to some people, romantic, educational and funny.

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Having ancestors who were French Huguenots this was very interesting as to what they could have went through! I have ancestors who fled France and settled in Canada during the uprising so was very interested in this trilogy.unwanted by the people in other countries, forbidden to make a living because of the competition for jobs and housing, unable to speak the language. As a lover of historical fiction and non fiction I’ve reas many books about this time period in French, British and Spanish history.