The Escape (Van Der Jagt)

Huguenot Inheritance Series #1

The Adventures of Three Huguenot Children Fleeing Persecution

The setting is late seventeenth century France. Early in the story the mother dies and the father is banished to be a galley slave for life on a war ship. Yet in spite of threats and punishment, sixteen-year-old John and his ten-year-old sister Manette, refuse to give up the faith they have been taught.