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The Huguenots in France

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1873
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The Huguenots in France tells the story of the French Protestants after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685, when Louis XIV stripped them of their freedom of worship. Samuel Smiles, the Victorian writer famous for Self-Help, follows the persecution that drove hundreds of thousands of Huguenots into exile, and traces the skilled craftsmen, weavers, and merchants among them who carried their trades to England, the Netherlands, and beyond. He argues that France's loss became the lasting gain of the countries that took the refugees in. Part history and part travel through the old Huguenot regions, it is a sympathetic account of faith under pressure.

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Samuel Smiles

Samuel Smiles (1812 to 1904) was a Scottish author and reformer, best known for Self-Help, the hugely influential Victorian guide to character and perseverance. He also wrote biographies of engineers and studies of social and industrial history.

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First published
1873
Reading time
About 11 hours
Pages
421
Language
English
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