{"product_id":"hated-son-the","title":"Hated Son, The","description":"Why do good people suffer?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the question Honoré de Balzac poses in 'The Hated Son', set in Normandy during the eighth war of religion between Catholics and Protestant Huguenots.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe kind and gentle Jeanne de Saint-Savin loves her Huguenot cousin but has to marry the old and cruel Royalist count d'Herouville in order to save her lover's life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe couple has a son, who promises to be a ray of light in Jeanne's unhappy life. But darkness descends when the count accuses her of infidelity and banishes Etienne from his castle, to be brought up by fishermen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen the count's older son and sole heir dies, the rejected son is the only one alive to continue the family line and inherit the title.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEtienne is back in the game. But will he play by the rules set by his father who rejected him?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOther great reads that feature the theme of rejection are Jane Austen's 'Persuasion' and 'Much Ado About Nothing' by William Shakespeare.","brand":"SAGA Egmont","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51453080797531,"sku":"9788726668742","price":8.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0048\/8207\/1652\/files\/9788726668742_1-hated-son-the.jpg?v=1759505403","url":"https:\/\/suomalainen-test.myshopify.com\/products\/hated-son-the","provider":"Suomalainen Test","version":"1.0","type":"link"}