How They Kept the Faith: A Tale of the Huguenots of Languedoc

by Grace Raymond

Book Overview

How They Kept The Faith: A Tale Of The Huguenots Of Languedoc (1895) by Grace Raymond is a historical novel set in 17th century France. The book tells the story of a Huguenot family, the La Tours, who... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0921100647
• ISBN13: 9780921100645
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Inheritance Publications
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.

Customer Reviews

How They kept the Faith: A Take of the Huguenots of Languedo

I had been reading a lot of books for school, and when I finally got to reading this book, I couldn't set it down! It's the best I've read in a loooooong time! The story is about two main characters: Eglantine, and Rene Chevalier. Eglantine was given to the Chevalier family when she was a baby, and as she grew up in the family, it was a settled thing that when she was grown up, she would marry Rene, who was only a few years her senior. Several years elapse, finding Eglantine with her biological aunt, away from the Chevalier's Huguenot household. She has a very fiery disposition, and as the king's persecutions of the Huguenots grows bolder and more outrageous, the angrier she becomes. A certain Henri La Roche appears on the scene: handsome, also passionate about the Huguenots (though not concrete in his own faith), and a captain in the King's army. Then enter Rene, stage left; more level headed, and on his way to becoming a Huguenot physician, Rene still loves Eglantine deeply. Yet after he realizes that Henri and Eglantine are falling in love, he selflessly puts aside his own emotions and feelings and told Eglantine that she was free from their binding engagement. Years pass; the persecutions for the Huguenots grew worse and worse. There is not a Huguenot family to be found; they are all in hiding. Since to say more would ruin the storyline, I will stop here, with just a little more: the story, though my review makes it sound like it, is not entirely about Rene and Eglantine, and Rene's selfless disinigration of their engagement. It is mainly about the persecution for the Faith, standing firm in that faith during persecution, and the deepening of true love......Grace Raymond writes especially well, and until I found out that all of the Huguenot Inheritance series were published (with the exception of 2) over 100 years ago, I was seriously considering writing Ms. Raymond with the intention of encouraging her to write another book.