Book Review - In The Shadow Of The Sun King

In The Shadow Of The Sun King - by Golden Keyes Parsons

In The Shadow Of The Sun King relies on historical fact and the authors' family history to weave a tale courage and faith during the Huguenot persecution in 17th century France.

This is my favorite kind of novel: history, faith, and suspense all rolled into one story. I cared about the characters from the moment I met them and I rooted for them to the very end.

Time flew by as I read about Madeleine Clavell and her struggle to free her family from the tyranny of King Louis XIV. The writing was clean and unobtrusive, allowing me into the story without interruption from the author. She did a marvelous job with setting and dialogue and I never tripped over plausibility or the outcome of her story.

My only complaint was with pacing. I would have liked the time transitions to be cleaner in a couple of places. And the ending drug on a little longer necessary.

But overall I devoured this novel over the course of one day and I feel certain you will too.