St. Bartholomew's Eve
Subtitle: a tale of the Huguenot Wars
By: illustrated by H. J. Draper ; and a map.
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: France -- History -- Wars of the Huguenots, 1562-1598 -- Fiction.
Description: On August 24, 1572, Parisian mobs massacred more than 2,000 Protestant men, women, and children, and triggered further persecutions across France. In response, soldiers of the Reformed Church took up arms against the slaughter brought about by the Catholic armies. 

Young Phillip Fletcher, of English heritage, joins the service of Admiral Gaspard de Coligny and Henry of Navarre to fight for religious freedom. Finding himself behind the battle lines of the Roman Catholic House of Guise, he leads a squad of veteran soldiers as they fight for family and land.