September 14th - October 5th, 2023
16 year old Lidie Brunier has everything; looks, wealth, health and a charming suitor, but there are dark clouds on the horizon.
Lidie and her family are committed Huguenots and Louis XIV has sworn to stamp out this ‘false religion’ and make France a wholly Catholic country.
Gradually Lidie’s comfortable life starts to disintegrate as Huguenots are stripped of all rights and the King sends his brutal soldiers into their homes to force them to become Catholics.
Others around her break under pressure but Lidie and her family refuse to convert.
With spies everywhere and the ever present threat of violence, they struggle on.
Then a shocking betrayal forces Lidie’s hand and her only option is to try and flee the country.
A decision that brings unimaginable hardship, terror and tragedy and changes her life for ever.
Rosemary Hayes has written over forty books across different genres, from historical fiction to chapter books for early readers and texts for picture books.
Praise for Rosemary Hayes:
‘One of the very best historical novels I have ever read’
~ Sandra Robinson, Huguenot Ancestry Expert
‘The King’s Command is Rosemary Hayes’s first novel for adults, but the story-telling skills she has honed over a prolific career as a prize-winning children’s author are evident on every page of this tense, immersive and dramatic account of religious persecution in late seventeenth-century France.’
~ Kat Armstrong, author
‘The detail within this book is fascinating and I learned so much about what like was like in the late 17th century. It’s excellent!’
~ Amazon Reviewer
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