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Title: Exiled for the Faith
A Tale of the Huguenot Persecution

Author: W.H.G. Kingston

Release Date: May 8, 2007 [EBook #21388]

Language: English

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Exiled for the Faith; A Tale of the Huguenot Persecution, by W.H.G.
Kingston.

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Not a very long book. Though technically well-written it is a bit
annoying as it contains several passages of ranting against the
behaviour of the Catholics. No doubt this was justified at the time,
but in this day and age it is a bit out of place to be reminded of it.

The audiobook comes out at about five hours.

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EXILED FOR THE FAITH, A TALE OF THE HUGUENOT PERSECUTION, BY W.H.G.
KINGSTON.

CHAPTER ONE.

A TALE OF THE HUGUENOT PERSECUTION.

THE TWO COUSINS.

"Just what brought you to France, fair cousin?"

The question was put by a beautiful girl scarcely yet verging on
womanhood to a fine intelligent youth, two or three years her senior, as
they paced slowly on together through the gardens of the Louvre on the
banks of the Seine, flowing at that period bright and clear amid fields
and groves. Before them rose the stately palace lately increased and
adorned by Henry the Second, the then reigning monarch of France, with
its lofty towers, richly carved columns, and numerous rows of windows
commanding a view over the city on one side, and across green fields and
extensive forests, and far up and down the river on the other.

The walk along which the young people were proceeding was shaded by tall
trees, the thick boughs of which kept off the rays of the sun, shining
brightly on the gay flowers and glittering fountains, seen in the open
space beyond them.

The young girl had the air and manner of a grown-up person, with that
perfect self-possession which seems natural to those brought up in the
atmosphere of a court.

Her companion's manne