The Refugees

The Refugees (1893) is a historical novel by British writer
Arthur Conan Doyle.

It revolves around Amory de Catinat, a Huguenot guardsman of Louis XIV, and
Amos Green, an American who comes to visit France. Major themes include Louis
XIV's marriage to Madame de Maintenon, retirement from court of Madame de
Montespan, the revoking of the Edict of Nantes and the subsequent emigration of
the Huguenot de Catinats to America.

-- Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.