Because of conscience: Being a novel relating to the adventures of certain Huguenots in old New York

A cold wind sweeps through the narrow, lantern-lit streets of seventeenth-century New York, where the shadows of faith and fear entwine. In this richly drawn portrait of colonial America, the daily lives of Huguenot immigrants unfold against a backdrop of religious persecution and the constant threat of upheaval. The narrative traces the fortunes and struggles of those who, driven by conscience and hope, left their homeland to carve out a new existence on unfamiliar shores. Through moments ...