"The Huguenots in France" by Samuel Smiles is a history book that tells the tale of the Huguenots, French Protestants, and their hard times after 1685 when the Edict of Nantes was taken back. The story shows how they suffered because they weren't Catholic and how they stayed strong through it all. It explains how the government under King Louis XIV treated them badly, taking away their rights and trying to make them change their religion. Many Huguenots had to run away from their homes, which hurt France because they lost many hardworking people. Those who stayed were treated harshly and punished for what they believed in. The book paints a picture of the fear and pain that the Huguenots felt, setting the stage for stories of courage and sacrifice that will be told later on.
The Huguenots in France
By Samuel Smiles
Torn between faith and freedom, a religious minority faces relentless persecution, testing the limits of human endurance and reshaping a nation's destiny.
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About the AuthorSamuel Smiles was a British author and government reformer. Although he campaigned on a Chartist platform, he promoted the idea that more progress would come from new attitudes than from new laws. His primary work, Self-Help (1859), promoted thrift and claimed that poverty was caused largely by irresponsible habits, while also attacking materialism and laissez-faire government. It has been called "the bible of mid-Victorian liberalism" and had lasting effects on British political thought.
Samuel Smiles was a British author and government reformer. Although he campaigned on a Chartist platform, he promoted the idea that more progress would come from new attitudes than from new laws. His primary work, Self-Help (1859), promoted thrift and claimed that poverty was caused largely by irresponsible habits, while also attacking materialism and laissez-faire government. It has been called "the bible of mid-Victorian liberalism" and had lasting effects on British political thought.
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