The Refugees (novel)
Author | Arthur Conan Doyle |
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Illustrator | T. de Thulstrup |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Genre | Historical novel |
Publisher | Harper & Brothers |
Publication date | 1893 |
Media type | Print (Hardback) |
Pages | 366 |
Preceded by | "Lot No. 249" |
Followed by |
The Refugees (1893) is a historical novel by British writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.[1]
Plot[]
It revolves around Amory de Catinat, a Huguenot guardsman of Louis XIV, and Amos Green, an American who comes to visit France. Major themes include Louis XIV's marriage to Madame de Maintenon, retirement from court of Madame de Montespan, the revoking of the Edict of Nantes (1685) and the subsequent emigration of the Huguenot de Catinats to America.
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- 1893 British novels
- Novels by Arthur Conan Doyle
- British historical novels
- Novels set in the 1680s
- Novels set in France
- Harper & Brothers books
- Huguenot history in France
- Huguenot history in the United States
- Cultural depictions of Louis XIV
- 1890s novel stubs