St. Bartholomews Eve

Posted on 27 January 2018 by G.A. Henty

The hero, Philip Fletcher, is a right true English lad, but he has a French connection on his mother s side This kinship induces him to cross the Channel in order to take a share in that splendid struggle for freedom known as the Huguenot wars Naturally he sides with the Protestants, distinguishes himself in various battles, and receives rapid promotion for the zeal and daring with which he carries out several secret missions. Free Read [ St. Bartholomews Eve ] author [ G.A. Henty ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr G.A Henty will forever be my favorite historical author While sometimes his books seem long winded, I learn SO MUCH history from them More than any other book I ve read If I need to research something, first stop is Henty s books to see if he wrote about it If so, that s my first stop St Barthlomew s Eve was a wonderful adventure with Philip on the Hugenot wars in France It s a good reminder how much Christian s have suffered through the years in order to worship the Lord What heroic peo G.A Henty will forever be my favorite historical author While sometimes his books seem long winded, I learn SO MUCH history from them More than any other book I ve read If I need to research something, first stop is Henty s books to see if he wrote about it If so, that s my first stop St Barthlomew s Eve...This book brings the Huguenot Wars to life They were not deeply explored during my education.It is advanced reading material, with long and varied sentence structure, and difficult vocabulary.I learned a lotThat s a sad story you should read a different one That was years ago when I picked my first Henty off the shelf Since then I ve read some other Henty s but I ve always avoided St Bartholomew s Eve But my perspective of a sad story has changed since then, partly because of all the other books I ve read When someone says that s a sad story , they usually mean that it ends sad Civil war and massacre are very sad things, doubly sad when both factions involved are fighting in the name That s a sad story you should read a different one That was years ago when I picked my first Henty off the shelf Since then I ve read some other Henty s but I ve always avoided St Bartholomew s Eve But my perspective of a sad story has changed since then, partly because of all the other books I ve read When someone says that s a sad story , they usually mean that it ends sad Civil war and massacre are very sad things, doubly sad when both factions involved are fighting in the na...It had been a few years since I had read this book, but even so, as we got closer to the end I found it harder and harder to keep reading, knowing what was going to happenThat is the honor and admiration this book called from me for certain people Real people Jeanne d Albret Louis, Prince of Cond Most of all, Gaspard II de Coligny.Henty creates a fictional character and it is through his life that we experience true characters and events Beginning during the Armed Peace of 1563 67 It had been a few years since I had read this book, but even so, as we got closer to the end I found it harder and harder to keep reading, knowing what was going to happenThat is the honor and admiration this book called from me for certain people Real people Jeanne d Albret Louis, Prince of Cond Most of all, Gaspard II de Coligny.Henty creates a fictional character and it is through his life that we experience true characters and events Begi...The young protoganist, Phillip Fletcher, is half English, half French, and full Protestant He journeys to France to aid his cousin in the Huguenot Wars and ends up of course gaining the approval of all of the promine...I want you all to know that even though in this book the Huguenots are fighting the Catholics, I got the feeling that many of the Catholics were really in search of political power and didn t really care much about religion.My kids enjoyed this book quite a bit during our study of the Hugenots flight from persecution Henty does such a great job writing historic fiction for young people while keeping historic facts accurate.The writing is not the best but the history is clear I learned about the Huegenot Wars Catholic vs Protestants in France

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27 January 2018

G.A. Henty