'An absorbing tale told with sensitivity. The forgotten struggles of Huguenot refugees come to moving, heartrending life.' Steven Veerapen, author of A Dangerous Trade
16 year old Lidie Brunier has everything; looks, wealth, health and a charming suitor, but there are dark clouds on the horizon.
Lidie and her family are committed Huguenots and Louis XIV has sworn to stamp out this ‘false religion’ and make France a wholly Catholic country.
Gradually Lidie’s comfortable life starts to disintegrate as Huguenots are stripped of all rights and the King sends his brutal soldiers into their homes to force them to become Catholics.
Others around her break under pressure but Lidie and her family refuse to convert.
With spies everywhere and the ever present threat of violence, they struggle on.
Then a shocking betrayal forces Lidie’s hand and her only option is to try and flee the country.
A decision that brings unimaginable hardship, terror and tragedy and changes her life for ever.
Rosemary Hayes has written over forty books across different genres, from historical fiction to chapter books for early readers and texts for picture books.
Praise for Rosemary Hayes:
‘One of the very best historical novels I have ever read’. Sandra Robinson, Huguenot Ancestry Expert
16 year old Lidie Brunier has everything; looks, wealth, health and a charming suitor, but there are dark clouds on the horizon.
Lidie and her family are committed Huguenots and Louis XIV has sworn to stamp out this ‘false religion’ and make France a wholly Catholic country.
Gradually Lidie’s comfortable life starts to disintegrate as Huguenots are stripped of all rights and the King sends his brutal soldiers into their homes to force them to become Catholics.
Others around her break under pressure but Lidie and her family refuse to convert.
With spies everywhere and the ever present threat of violence, they struggle on.
Then a shocking betrayal forces Lidie’s hand and her only option is to try and flee the country.
A decision that brings unimaginable hardship, terror and tragedy and changes her life for ever.
Rosemary Hayes has written over forty books across different genres, from historical fiction to chapter books for early readers and texts for picture books.
Praise for Rosemary Hayes:
‘One of the very best historical novels I have ever read’. Sandra Robinson, Huguenot Ancestry Expert
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