Saint Bartholomew Eve Illustrated Edition eBook GA Henty
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It is difficult, in these days of religious toleration, to understand why
men should, three centuries ago, have flown at each others’ throats
in the name of the Almighty; still less how, in cold blood, they could
have perpetrated hideous massacres of men, women, and children.
The Huguenot wars were, however, as much political as religious.
Philip of Spain, at that time the most powerful potentate of Europe,
desired to add France to the countries where his influence was all
powerful; and in the ambitious house of Guise he found ready
instruments.
Saint Bartholomew Eve Illustrated Edition eBook GA Henty
Having read several books on the history of the Huguenots in France from the time of the Reformation until the time of the revocation of the Edict of Nantes and afterwards, I can vouch for the accuracy of the historical narrative found in this book. It does a good job of giving an overview of the events that led to the St. Bartholemew's Day massacre, including the treachery of Catherine de Medici and her ability to control the rather simpleminded and perhaps mentally unbalanced King Charles of France.G.A. Henty does a pretty good job of weaving the history in with the story of Philip Fletcher, the son of an English father and a French mother, who leaves his native England as a teen to fight with the Huguenots against the French Catholics, and in particular those of the House of Guise. Although accurate in its depiction of the events that happened during this time, as a story of young Philip and his compatriots, it is less compelling. In particular, the characters tend to be unidimensional. (Philip, for example, seemingly can do no wrong and consistently has wisdom far beyond his years when it comes to making decisions that somehow always turn out right.) Moreover, the dialogue, which I suspect is typical of late Victorian novels, is stilted. The characters not only consistently speak in complete sentences but often in rather long discourses. I found this to be somewhat off-putting and created scenarios that were less than fully realistic. Moreover, it is rather slow moving at the start, although the action does pick up about halfway through the book.
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Saint Bartholomew Eve Illustrated Edition eBook GA Henty Reviews
A historical representation of the atrocities of the French and the persecutions of the Huguenots . I enjoyed it immensely.
An absorbing, well written story of a people's fight for religious freedom. It was of particular interest to me as my ancestor, Pierre (Peter) LeMay came from France to America in the late 1600's to escape religious persecution.
Good book! Great reading! Good price too. Henty books are written to appeal to young boys
Good book. It clearly lays out the historical events surrounding the Huguenot persecutions.
This is good read for those with an interest in Huguenot history. It's an easy read and interesting throughout.
This was published in 1894, and concerns events that occurred in the second half of the 16th century. This is the 9th book I have read by Henty. His tales are of a young man succeeding in a man's world, told in the context of real world history. One certainly can learn a lot about history reading this book. But unlike the other Henty books I have read, this book is quite slow to get started, and spends more time on history, and less on adventure. Indeed, Henty feels the need to himself interject narration expressing his views on who was to blame for the Huguenot Wars and their outcome, apparently differing from the standard Victorian view. But the story is enjoyable, telling of a boy with an English father and Huguenot mother. He goes to France to fight with the Protestants against the Catholics, who were quite brutal. There is a lot of movement in various parts of the book, and I needed a map of France to truly follow the action. It is a decent book, but many Henty books are better.
Nineteenth century English author George Alfred Henty has taken an extremely complex subject (the French Wars of Religion of the sixteenth century) and has presented it in a clear, entertaining, and historically-accurate manner.
As with all of Henty's works, the author's detailed research and perceptive analysis is evident. Although the story itself is fiction, one will not be misled regarding historical facts (as chronically happens in movies and regularly happens in many works of historical fiction). As one of the few writers of fiction who are also scrupulous in presenting a real view of history (as opposed to propaganda), Henty is in the same league as the Baroness Emmuska Orczy.
I have read many of Henty's works and they are all excellent. The story is always compelling and the history very well-researched. Fortunately, Henty wrote 122 books, so one can be sure of being entertained and informed for quite some time.
As Henty would say, "Onward, Lads!"
Having read several books on the history of the Huguenots in France from the time of the Reformation until the time of the revocation of the Edict of Nantes and afterwards, I can vouch for the accuracy of the historical narrative found in this book. It does a good job of giving an overview of the events that led to the St. Bartholemew's Day massacre, including the treachery of Catherine de Medici and her ability to control the rather simpleminded and perhaps mentally unbalanced King Charles of France.
G.A. Henty does a pretty good job of weaving the history in with the story of Philip Fletcher, the son of an English father and a French mother, who leaves his native England as a teen to fight with the Huguenots against the French Catholics, and in particular those of the House of Guise. Although accurate in its depiction of the events that happened during this time, as a story of young Philip and his compatriots, it is less compelling. In particular, the characters tend to be unidimensional. (Philip, for example, seemingly can do no wrong and consistently has wisdom far beyond his years when it comes to making decisions that somehow always turn out right.) Moreover, the dialogue, which I suspect is typical of late Victorian novels, is stilted. The characters not only consistently speak in complete sentences but often in rather long discourses. I found this to be somewhat off-putting and created scenarios that were less than fully realistic. Moreover, it is rather slow moving at the start, although the action does pick up about halfway through the book.
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