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Jurieu wrote a martyrology, while Elie Benoit concentrated on the legal train that timed the persecution. The narratives had to be edited and made interesting to the reader, sometimes taking the form of saynètes. The purpose was to persuade, and hold a mirror up to the torturers, in the hope to move their hearts. The book is well written with many examples, references, charts, and illustrations. It tends to emphasize the hardships, rather than the successes, of the refugees, some of whom followed William III into England: army officers and marshals, or even the architect Daniel Marot who worked on Hampton Court. But the tragic story needs to be retold periodically, just like that of the Jews and the Armenians, and David van der Linden has successfully shown both the cruelty and the resilience of the human soul.