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A Prisoner of Versailles
By Golden Keyes Parsons
Review by Roseanna White
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In her quest to keep her family safe in their Huguenot faith, Madeleine has a
formidable foe: King Louis XIV. The Sun King is determined to bring her back to
his side, and when he tears her from her family yet again, she must learn
how--and when--to fight. In a world where even love could destroy her, how can
her God save her?
Though her husband miraculously escaped the galleys in
In the Shadow of the Sun King, Parson's
first book in the From Darkness to Light trilogy, the horrors have taken their
toll. After clinging desperately to life as long as he could, he passes away in
the opening of the book, leaving Madeleine with one final wish: take the family
and flee to the New World. She doesn't know how to achieve this task--or if she
has the heart to leave Europe--but she knows she must try.
Proving his far-stretching power, King Louis finds her even in Switzerland and
has her and her eldest son brought back to Versailles. Held there as a pampered
prisoner, Madeleine's faith faces its ultimate test. What price will she pay to
protect her family? And what price must Pierre, the man who sacrificed so much
to help them, pay for his role?
A Prisoner of Versailles is a fabulous
continuation of the Darkness to Light saga, and I loved it even more than the
first book. I'm a sucker for romance, so I really appreciated that this one had
more of a love story. And I hear that the third book will have even
more romance, so I'm really looking
forward to that!
Prisoner was packed with adventure,
intrigue, and a faith thread to touch your deepest heart. Most of us have never
faced an authority that forbids us to worship as our heart tells us to, but
Parsons brings to life the cry of the heart that the Huguenots must have felt.
This a rich tapestry of a book, one that will paint a vivid picture of the past
and bury itself into your heart. I definitely recommend
A Prisoner of Versailles--it will
capture you, and you'll be happy to be caught.
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Publication Date: September 2009
ISBN: 9781595546272
Price: $14.99
Genre: Historical Fiction
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