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The Escape
The Adventures of Three Huguenot Children Fleeing Persecution
by Van der Jagt, A.
‘The Messenger’: "This book... will hold its readers spellbound from beginning to end. 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 and in a harrowing journey they escape to freedom in the Netherlands". Ages 9 and up.
Paperback, 197 pages,
USD 10.95 / CAD 13.95