The Refugees - A Tale of Two Continents

Posted on 18 February 2018 by Arthur Conan Doyle

This is a pre 1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process Though we have made best efforts the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. Read The Refugees - A Tale of Two Continents author Arthur Conan Doyle – kino-fada.fr This book presents a fictional account of a chain of events leading to the revocation of the Edict of Nantes , thereby withdrawing the royal protection from France s protestant minority The novel follows a family who are forced to migrate to America and the experiences they face with supposedly savage Iroquois tribes Here Doyle leans on the French propaganda Jesuit propaganda, to be precise of portraying Red Indians as savages and fabricating narratives of them inflicting brutal torture on This book presents a fictional account of a chain of events leading to the revocation of the Edict of Nantes , thereby withdrawing the royal protection from France s protestant minority The novel follows a family who are forced to migrate to America and the experiences they face with supposedly sav...Published in 1893, The Refugees is a historical novel set mainly in France in 1690 under Louis XIV The background appears to take in many historic events, including the persecution of the Huguenots, the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, and palace politics involving King Louis Mistress Madame de Montespan This does make it an interesting tale, but it does require dates of these actual events to be moved a...With a writer like Arthur Canon Doyle and the setting of nineteenth century, it seems like the perfect combination for an engrossing read Only it isn t Gave up at 20% into the book.I liked the fact that part of the book was set in Versailles, in the seventeenth century Madame de Montespan was portrayed very well, and court politics explored.Mild spoilers, but probably only visible in hindsight I decided to try this book because I like the Sherlock Holmes stories, and I was not disappointed.The first section of the book is set in Paris and Versailles, in the court of Louis XIV, and the back and forth of the factions in play is very well drawn and genuinely fascinating I never thought I could get invested in the ins and outs of Versailles politics In fact, I was rather sorry when the main characters began their flight to Americ Mild spoilers, but probably only visible in hindsight I decided to try this book because I like the Sherlock Holmes stories, and I was not disappointed.The first section of the book is set in Paris and Versailles, in the court of Louis XIV, and the back and forth of the factions in play is very well drawn and genuinely fascinating I never thought I could get invested in the ins and outs of Versailles politics In fact, I was rather sorry when the main characters began their flight to America, and I actually thought that the second section of the book was much weaker than the first, henc...I occasionally enjoy reading historical fiction, particularly if I feel that it might teach me something about the period involved This book lived up to that hope I had read Doyle s Sherlock Holmes series, and enjoyed those, so I expected that this would be well written as well The only disappointment is that I was hoping it covered a broader range, givinginformation about the Huegenots struggles The story only involves one Huegenot, and he leaves as soon as the trouble begins, so the I occasionally enjoy reading historical fiction, particularly if I feel that it might teach me something about the period involved This book lived up to that hope I had read Doyle s Sherlock Holmes series, and enjoyed those, so I expected that this would be well written as well The only disappointment is that I was hoping it covered a broader range, givinginformation about the Huegenots ...I thought Arthur Conan Doyle did a wonderful job of this story of a 17th century Huguenot who was a soldier in King Louis army until the day the king forced him to make a choice Knowing that he could never recant his faith and fearing the persecution that lay ahead for followers of Jean Calvin, he leaves the country with his bride to be and her father An American who has been visiting Paris and taken in by the Huguenot family helps them escape ...This book represents a big change in genre for Doyle It deals with a French Hugenaut family in the late 17th Century It involves the court intrigue of Paris, a perilous cross of the Atlantic to Canada, capture by the church authorities in Quebec and a battle and siege wit...I don t remember the details.

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18 February 2018

Arthur Conan Doyle