As a descendant of Huguenots who arrived to New Amsterdam in the 1600s, I was very interested in the history. French citizens Jacob & Jeanne were well-to-do devout believers who refused to abjure despite losing their wealth and faced imprisonment and exile to the New World. Their travails separate them from their children. Jacob is sent to the West Indies where he realizes despite his beliefs sometimes it’s kill or be killed. Both have difficult travels but find friends & fellow believers along the way. God is with them.

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Merchants of Virtue : Montauban—a sanctuary of peace and promise for Jacob Delpech. But as shadows of intolerance grow, how far will one family go to hold onto their beliefs and each other? Based on true events, this dramatic trilogy is both an extremely well-researched, sobering history lesson and a vivid study of the character and motives of sincere believers encountering the brutal realities of a world ravaged by religious fanaticism and callous profiteering. The reader follows the travails of one family through separation, betrayal, destitution, slavery, death and starvation. No more! To learn about all their travails, and how the end is played out, you simply MUST read the books. Their daughters are torn away from them and forced to live in a Roman Catholic school setting that would brook no Protestant nonsense.Another quibble I have is with character development. The protagonists are drawn very well. The antagonists not so much. The Huguenot family, especially the parents, are portrayed as so noble yet quite humble, so brave, so *good* they almost make one's teeth hurt, as my mother used to say. There is nary a hint of any waywardness that is the lot of all men, derived from the "total depravity", the "sin nature", that we are all born with. As my mother also was wont to say, these folks wouldn't say "shit" if they stepped in it. The closest thing to a fault was that the mother had a bit of a temper that occasionally escaped. A little more of this kind of thing, spread around, would have made these people a little more "real", so to speak. Firstly, the action takes place in the very different world of the late 17th century. Secondly, religion was held hostage by men of power who used it for their political means, not to promote faith. Thirdly, the focus was on the story and one family’s flight from persecution and their trials and tribulations along the way.

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France, 1685. Jeanne is the wife of a wealthy merchant, but now she risks losing everything. Louis XIV’s soldiers will stop at nothing to convert the country’s Huguenot "heretics" to the "true" faith, yet Jeanne and Jacob hold fast to their principals of liberty of conscience.Will their faith, love and loyalty be strong enough to help them survive war, persecution and a cruel separation? Part of my ancestry is French Huguenot. Eventually some of the family migrated to the U.S. I found the story to be very compelling and a great read."★★★★★ So that was a relief, and I must say that during the writing, it never even occurred to me that it could be anti-Catholic in any way. In fact, I spent many years going to the Catholic Church in France where my first son was baptised and confirmed! 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.

The Huguenot Connection Trilogy: Books 1 - 3: Includes The Huguenot Connection Trilogy: Books 1 - 3: Includes

I was always interested in learning about the Huguenots, especially their mistreatment and expulsion from their native France. I had no idea it also included stripping them of their political rights, then their property, then imprisonment and potentially execution. This done at the behest of the Sun King, Louis XIV. My major issue I have is the events taking place, and the attitudes herein, reflect more of the woke-isms of modern day than the late 17th century actually exhibited. Not nearly as much as those novels completed in 2019 & 2020, but enough linking it more with today’s Leftist morays than the periods realities.Very well written series about the Huguenot banishment from France . The book is written through the minds and eyes of the Depelch family. All of their trails, dangers, losses and struggles. The history is very accurate the family is very interesting. I enjoyed reading them and since I have read a lot of the History of the Jewish people there were many close and comparable parts to the books that were familiar.

The Huguenot Chronicles (3 book series) Kindle edition The Huguenot Chronicles (3 book series) Kindle edition

Starting to comment on the history narrated in the book. Being brought up as. Catholic, I have been completely ignorant of the history of Protestantism. The ordeal of the members of the Church founded by Calvin in the 1500 in Geneva. They were persecuted and forced to abjure of their beliefs or loose all their possessions and family. The chronicle of their faith reminded me of the first Christians hiding in catacombs to worship, and tortured because of their faith. Very refreshing and uplifting. I bought the trilogy, really pleased I did. I was able to seamlessly continue with the gripping story." ★★★★★ Likewise, the antagonists are mostly all one-sided. In reality, even the most evil of mankind are born with not only a depraved sinful nature, they are also born carrying the very image of God. But in these books, any semblance of that aspect of their nature is very rare. I would have liked to see a bit more of the "humanity" that lies within.Without them we wouldn't have had such defenders of democracy as George Washington, Alexander Hamilton and Winston Churchill who all had Huguenot blood! A must-read for fans of Ken Follett, Kate Mosse, Edward Rutherfurd, and Olive Collins, this trilogy transcends mere historical recounting. For some, it's a journey into their Huguenot heritage; for others, it's a universal tale of love, sacrifice, and resilience. As Jacob becomes an indentured servant in America and Jeanne earns a meager living in Switzerland, a sudden disruption in European politics leaves their chance of a bittersweet homecoming more doubtful than ever… The mother is driven into hiding in the home of a lowly weaver, where the high-born but humble woman learns the art of weaving. Eventually she is driven from there but is reunited with her son, a lad of about 9 years, and together they make their way to Amsterdam and then to Geneva, the spiritual "home" of their Calvinistic faith. But alas, even that had to come to an end, and the mother and son make their way to London, where they hope to eventually reunite with their father & husband and daughters.