The Refugees (A Tale of Two Continents) [Paperback]

Arthur Conan Doyle (Author)

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Publication Date: August 25, 2004

This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.

--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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About the Author

Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh in 1859. Sent off to boarding school, he cut his teeth as a story-teller amusing his schoolmates with tales and writing letters home to his mother. He practiced medicine and, in 1900, volunteered as a medic in Africa during the Boer War – he was later knighted for his service. Doyle lost a son, two brothers in law, and two nephews to the Great War. He is remembered for the Sherlock Holmes stories and his novel The Lost World. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 358 pages
• Publisher: IndyPublish (August 25, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1414296274
• ISBN-13: 978-1414296272
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Entertainment, September 30, 2010

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R. Widdowson (Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Refugees (Paperback)

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, best remembered as the creator of Sherlock Holmes, produced an excellent historical drama with The Refugee, a story about the Huguenots. Although Doyle wasn't a Christian, he writes with a great deal of sympathy as he describes the plight of French Protestants in the late 17th century.

The courage and resolution of the Hugenots was legendary as the majority went into exile rather than recant their evangelical faith in Christ. Consequently, they lost family, friends, property, and employment. It's a cruel chapter in France's history.

The novel begins in France but finishes in Canada. Along the way we visit the inner sanctum of King Louis' palace, travel through the ice-berg infested waters of the north Atlantic sea, and journey in the wilderness of New France.

Doyle also wrote The Tragedy of the Korosko,: And the Green Flag, and Other Stories of War and Sport,