The cobbler of Nîmes

"The Cobbler of Nîmes" by Mary Imlay Taylor, tells a story set in the early 1700s that showcases the troubles of the Huguenots who are fighting for what they deserve amid mistreatment in France. The story involves Charlot, a cobbler with a hunched back, who cares about the Huguenots' situation, and a young man named François d’Aguesseau, who faces danger because his sister was killed. The book begins at a busy market in Nîmes, where a showman displays the body of a Huguenot woman who was damned. Charlot watches the crowd and meets François, who is very upset about his sister's death. Charlot knows the danger that François is in, so he lets him stay at his shop. The beginning of the book paints a story about the hard lives of Huguenots and how Charlot is kind, danger is lurking, and people have to make tough choices between what they believe and what they fear.