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The Refugees

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

First published 1893

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Amory de Catinat, a Huguenot officer in the service of Louis XIV, is drawn into the dangerous world of Versailles as royal favour, religious policy and court intrigue tighten around French Protestants. His friendship with the American frontiersman Amos Green gives the story an outsider’s view of a court dominated by the king and the struggle for influence around him.
As persecution intensifies, the action shifts from France across the Atlantic to New France and the North American frontier. Flight, pursuit and survival turn a court novel into an adventure about religious exile, connecting the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes with the hazards of a new continent.

Historical Periods

Reign of Louis XIV1643–1715 CE French Colonial North America1534–1763

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Court & Political Fiction Exploration & Survival Fiction Romance War Fiction

Historical people

Louis XIV1638–1715 Françoise d’Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon1635–1719

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