The Star of La Rochelle is a historical novel that tells the true story of Esther Leroy, the wife of Gabriel Bernon, a wealthy Huguenot merchant who lived in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. The book is set in La Rochelle, a port city in France, and follows Esther's life from her childhood as a Protestant in a Catholic country to her marriage to Gabriel and their subsequent move to the American colonies.The novel explores the challenges that...