Huguenot refugees by Albert Anker
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Huguenot Persecution by the Catholic Hierarchy

ByVincento

An Editorial Review of “Greet Suzon for Me“ Book Blurb King Louis XIV is determined to unite the French nation in a single church. Gédéon, the oldest child of a Huguenot family in Normandy, experiences first-hand the increasing hostility of the Catholic hierarchy.  What is the cause of the religious conflict? Is reconciliation possible? Or…

History through the eyes of New World settlers
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History through the eyes of New World settlers

ByVincento

“Call of Freedom” by Paul C. Monk continues the saga of the Huguenot family Delpech. Having fled the oppressive dragonnade in France to find refuge in Ireland, in 1699 the family decides to brave a dangerous sea crossing and seek a new life in New York. The story captures the pervasive anxiety and fear of…

Games?
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Games?

ByVincento

‘Games’ by Patrick Oberholzer is a remarkable book – remarkable in its oversized format, remarkable in its dramatic design, and particularly remarkable in its message. It is also a very instructive book. It makes us aware of the traumatic experiences of many Afghans refugees who arrive in comfortable Western Europe. “We speak of ‘games’ to refer…

The French Peasantry in the Seventeenth Century by Pierre Goubert
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The French Peasantry in the Seventeenth Century by Pierre Goubert

ByVincento

This book contains a wealth of otherwise hard-to-find facts about the often poverty-stricken and mostly unnoticed country folk in the diverse provinces and regions we now know as France. Everything warrants a chapter: food, clothing and housing; birth, marriage and death; farming and poaching practices; relationships between peasants, seigneurs, unwelcome soldiers, haughty priests and the revenue-hungry…