{"product_id":"voyage-of-malice-9780993444272","title":"Voyage of Malice","description":"\u003ch2\u003eVoyage of Malice: A Huguenot Family's Journey Through Persecution\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePersecuted for their beliefs, one family must travel the globe for a place to call home...\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGeneva, 1688. Jeanne is barely scraping by on meager earnings from weaving. She dreams of her previous life as a wealthy merchant's wife before Louis XIV's soldiers ran her family out of France for refusing to renounce their faith. But even in Geneva, Jeanne and her son aren't anywhere close to free from persecution...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJacob hopes his letters make it to Jeanne from the other side of the ocean. As he bides his time as an indentured servant on a Caribbean plantation, tragedy strikes in the form of shipwreck and pirates. The former merchant desperately searches for a way back to his wife...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIf Jeanne and Jacob can't rise above a world that's closing all its doors, then they may never be reunited again...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Huguenot Connection Series - Book Two\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eVoyage of Malice\u003c\/em\u003e is the second book in the Huguenot Connection, a series of historical fiction novels set during a time of religious persecution. If you like vividly accurate historical details, seafaring adventures, and heart-warming tales of family loyalty, then you'll love Paul C.R. Monk's rousing novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis historical fiction novel spans continents and oceans, from the streets of Geneva to Caribbean plantations, capturing the Huguenot experience during Louis XIV's reign. The story follows a merchant family torn apart by religious intolerance, forced into exile, and fighting to reunite across an unforgiving world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eHistorical Accuracy Meets Compelling Storytelling\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePaul C.R. Monk brings the 17th century to life with meticulous historical detail. Readers experience the harsh realities of religious persecution, the dangers of transatlantic voyages, pirate encounters, and the struggle of indentured servitude. This novel resonates particularly with those interested in Huguenot ancestry and the broader Protestant Reformation's impact on European and colonial history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePerfect for book clubs and readers who appreciate biographical historical fiction grounded in true events, \u003cem\u003eVoyage of Malice\u003c\/em\u003e continues the saga begun in \u003cem\u003eMerchants of Virtue\u003c\/em\u003e and leads into \u003cem\u003eLand of Hope\u003c\/em\u003e, completing a trilogy that spans from France to colonial New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMonk, Paul C. R.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - PAUL C. R. MONK published his debut novel for his children in 2014. Strange Metamorphosis won the Literary Classics Eloquent Quill award. He has since staged a number of plays, and has been busy completing his historical fiction serial set in the 17th century. The Huguenot Connection trilogy, which includes Merchants of Virtue, Voyage of Malice and Land of Hope, takes the reader from King Louis's France to the Caribbean, and from London to colonial New York, with drama-filled stops in the Rhine Valley and war-torn Ireland. It has been building up a following among readers with Huguenot ancestors as well as historical novel lovers who enjoy a good story based on true events.","brand":"Bloomtree Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50680812437778,"sku":"9780993444272","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9d2ba44a-638b-45f9-b8c9-ec86eb1ae5d8.jpg?v=1733942813","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/voyage-of-malice-9780993444272","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}