Religious war in Copacabana

Once again, Jean-Christophe Rufin demonstrates his art of storytelling. Again, the style is neat and it's nice to see that one can still write novels in French by using various and varied words that are evidence of the richness of the French language. Furthermore, the novel addresses a part of the history of France, which is not very well known (in any case, he was not known to me) allowing to join the business with pleasure. Moreover, 2009 is the 500th anniversary of Calvin's birth, it is interesting to read this book references to one of the fathers of the Protestant Reformation and understand that every religion had its period fanaticism.

Although I must admit to author all the qualities mentioned above, I admit that I found this novel less successful than the previous The Abyssinian, Save Isfahan Asmara lost causes - Price Interallié 1999. But c is the price to pay when you have been accustomed to excellence.