The Refugees  by Arthur Conan Doyle

A 1893 historical novel by the famous British writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, ‘The Refugees’ 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.