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No Peace for a Soldier: A Historical Epic of Faith and Courage in the Face of Persecution
Part One
The devout French Protestants of the seventeenth century combined faith and works in heroic proportions. During sever persecutions, while some abandoned their faith, others were martyred. Follow Monsieur and Madame Cortot and their four children, a Huguenot family, and a family friend from long ago - Armand de Gandon, an army officer forced to choose between loyalty to his king or God.
Part Two
The story continues with the exiles in Holland after the Edict of Revocation eliminated the rights of non-Catholics in France. "While many can suffer martyrdom with sufficient heroism, not all are cut out to live their faith through long adversity." Follow Armand de Gandon, Madeleine Cortot, and Mathieu Bertrand as they each cope with exile in their own way.
The devout French Protestants of the seventeenth century combined faith and works in heroic proportions. During sever persecutions, while some abandoned their faith, others were martyred. Follow Monsieur and Madame Cortot and their four children, a Huguenot family, and a family friend from long ago - Armand de Gandon, an army officer forced to choose between loyalty to his king or God.
Part Two
The story continues with the exiles in Holland after the Edict of Revocation eliminated the rights of non-Catholics in France. "While many can suffer martyrdom with sufficient heroism, not all are cut out to live their faith through long adversity." Follow Armand de Gandon, Madeleine Cortot, and Mathieu Bertrand as they each cope with exile in their own way.
255 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2007
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February 10, 2013
I am not especially interested in the Huguenot history, but this book...wow.
The characters, the settings - everything jumped off the pages. The writing was wordy, but once I got used to it, I could pick out the story and highly appreciate where all the wordiness fit in.
The first part seemed a bit slow, but once Armand de Gandon and Mathieu Bertrand started to clash before and after they rescued Madeleine Cortot from the convent, things became interesting.
Then it started to slow down again when I got to part two. With Armand and Madeleine not interacting anymore, it was sort of a let-down compared to the conversations between Armand and Madeleine in part one. But when Alexandre Cortot tried to play Cupid between the two, it quickly picked up speed (for me, at least). I found it hilarious when Alexandre first tried to convince Armand (who kept calling Alexandre names that had me laughing out loud) and also when he turned to Madeleine to try to make the two hearts quit being so stubborn.
No Peace for a Soldier was a book that really pointed out how cruel France was to her loyal Huguenot subjects. I look forward to reading the sequel.
The characters, the settings - everything jumped off the pages. The writing was wordy, but once I got used to it, I could pick out the story and highly appreciate where all the wordiness fit in.
The first part seemed a bit slow, but once Armand de Gandon and Mathieu Bertrand started to clash before and after they rescued Madeleine Cortot from the convent, things became interesting.
Then it started to slow down again when I got to part two. With Armand and Madeleine not interacting anymore, it was sort of a let-down compared to the conversations between Armand and Madeleine in part one. But when Alexandre Cortot tried to play Cupid between the two, it quickly picked up speed (for me, at least). I found it hilarious when Alexandre first tried to convince Armand (who kept calling Alexandre names that had me laughing out loud) and also when he turned to Madeleine to try to make the two hearts quit being so stubborn.
No Peace for a Soldier was a book that really pointed out how cruel France was to her loyal Huguenot subjects. I look forward to reading the sequel.
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