Mirage, A Novel of the First Florida Colonies

In 1563, there was a respite in the bloody French religious wars between the Catholics and the Protestants. This is a story that tells a version of how the Huguenots came to Florida and settled at Fort Caroline. It includes a narrative of the French versus the Spanish and the battle for New World territory by following French Captains Rene Laudonniere and  Jacques Ribaut as they embark on the journey to fight for their people. Horrors from the battle surrounded the French, but Captain Ribault refused to surrender.

Although told from the French perspective (as with most other books about the Hugueonts at Fort Caroline), this novel delves deeply into the French religious fractions and how some who settled at Fort Caroline were Protestant and some were Catholic. Their fates were intertwined and completely different.

Other notable local locations visited include the River of May (St. Johns River) and the original site of St. Augustine (Fountain of Youth).

PS3531 .R5177 M57 1955

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Mirage, A Novel of the First Florida Colonies

New York: Library Publishers

Hardcover book

English
French
Spanish

Action or Adventure
Christian
Historical

Huguenot Colony

Purchased

Gardner, Janette C. An Annotated Bibliography of Florida Fiction, 1801-1980. St. Petersburg, FL: Little Bayou Press, 1983.

McCarthy, Kevin. M. The Book Lover’s Guide to Florida. 1^st ed. Sarasota, FL: Pineapple Press, 1992.

McCarthy, Kevin. M. “Historical St. Augustine in Fiction.” El Escribano 15 (1978): 61-69.

Price, Margaret. Mirage, A Novel of the First Florida Colonies. New York: Library Publishers, 1955.