Marie Durand

In 1730, nineteen-year-old Marie Durand was arrested and taken from her home in a village in Southern France for the crime of having a brother who was a Protestant preacher. Imprisoned in the Tower of Constance, Marie would spend the next thirty-eight years there. Simonetta Carr introduces us to the inspiring life of a woman who could have recanted her Protestant faith and gained release, but held fast to the truth and encouraged others to do so as well. Beautiful illustrations, a simply told story, and interesting facts acquaint young readers with the challenges facing Protestants in eighteenth-century France and show them that even a life spent in prison can be lived in service to Christ and others.

1. Opening Credits
2. Introduction
3. Chapter 1: Outlaw from Birth
4. Chapter 2: A Family Divided
5. Chapter 3: The Tower
6. Chapter 4: Leader and Friend
7. Chapter 5: Resisting
8. Chapter 6: Free at Last
9. Epilogue
10. Timeline
11. Did You Know?
12. A Letter from Marie to Her Niece, Anne
13. Closing Credits