Hugenot conflict in France
The Burning Chambers (The Burning Chambers #1) by Kate Mosse
I love historical fiction. This particular time, the mid 1500's in France, is fraught with terror, persecution by the Inquistion, and the conflict between Catholics and Hugenots. All seen through the eyes of inhabitants of those times, like Minou Joubert a young Catholic woman and a Hugenot convert, Piet Reydon.
The action sweeps from Carcassonne to Toulouse and back.
Underneath the story is the Inquisition's search for a stolen, important relic, and the terror and violence inspired by this organization. And let's not forget the human politicking and ambition.
The Hugenots fled to many countries and it seems this weighty trilogy in the future will take us in some diverse directions.
A series for the committed.
As a story it's somewhat weighty and yet interesting in the telling.
A St. Martin's Press Minotaur ARC via NetGalley
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I love historical fiction. This particular time, the mid 1500's in France, is fraught with terror, persecution by the Inquistion, and the conflict between Catholics and Hugenots. All seen through the eyes of inhabitants of those times, like Minou Joubert a young Catholic woman and a Hugenot convert, Piet Reydon.
The action sweeps from Carcassonne to Toulouse and back.
Underneath the story is the Inquisition's search for a stolen, important relic, and the terror and violence inspired by this organization. And let's not forget the human politicking and ambition.
The Hugenots fled to many countries and it seems this weighty trilogy in the future will take us in some diverse directions.
A series for the committed.
As a story it's somewhat weighty and yet interesting in the telling.
A St. Martin's Press Minotaur ARC via NetGalley
***
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