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And yet, they gave so much to the places where they found freedom of worship, of thought and of speech. Jeanne works her way across Europe learning to both spin fabric and weave cloth to support her journey. A little long and repetitions in spots but certainly touches upon many major events and describes major cities of the times.
The Huguenot Chronicles Trilogy – Paul C. R. Monk The Huguenot Chronicles Trilogy – Paul C. R. Monk
The three novels that make up The Huguenot Chronicles trilogy have been collected into a bundle which is available in eBook and audio book here. Will William of Orange conquer his wife’s Catholic father, King James II, and become the new King of England? In fact, I spent many years going to the Catholic Church in France where my first son was baptised and confirmed!
Thirdly, the focus was on the story and one family’s flight from persecution and their trials and tribulations along the way. The trilogy held my attention throughout, with only a very tiny part of one episode which wasn't of quite as much interest to me as the rest of the subject matter. I wanted to read it because my 7th great grandfather was a Huguenot and came to America around 1660. The first and most important issue that I have is that as this book is all about the trials and tribulations of a group of Protestants severely persecuted by a power-mad Roman Catholic hierarchy, yet very very little is said about the beliefs they hold. In this part of the story, Jacob and Jeanne Delpech fight to get back to each other by two separate routes.
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Although a fictional account, these novels nonetheless do justice to a very unsettling time in Christian history – and what trying times early Christians faced! Reading this and knowing the lack of reality in our current government it was interesting to compare the possibilities or trump trying many of the same things if he could get away with it. As a lover of historical fiction and non fiction I’ve reas many books about this time period in French, British and Spanish history.Others may draw more from it than I and for that reason, if this is a period in history that appeals to you go on dive in you may not agree with my critique! The author does more than bring the period brilliantly to life, however; he creates characters based on real historical figures who would rather risk their lives, status and fortune than surrender their values and beliefs. Their daughters are torn away from them and forced to live in a Roman Catholic school setting that would brook no Protestant nonsense. 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. I would recommend this family saga of holding onto your faith and going to a new home to enjoy that freedom.
The Huguenot Chronicles: Books 1-3 - Fantastic Fiction The Huguenot Chronicles: Books 1-3 - Fantastic Fiction
Living through the trials of the Depelch family provided me with the true character of the Huguenot plight and devout strength of character. I could've imagined 2 people writing the story, one male and one female, I will let you read it to ascertain to which I would give particular chapters. This impacts on the pacing which at times feels heavy and ponderous - across the course of the three books it takes an awfully long time for relatively little to happen. They were persecuted and forced to abjure of their beliefs or loose all their possessions and family. Whilst it's good to see a historical novel that's set outside the reigns of Henry VIII or Elizabeth I for once, I found it hard to get excited about this trilogy.This trilogy covers about 12 years of a very important period in both European history as well as the Reformation era.
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