Point of View

The point-of-view is a third person limited who follows numerous characters throughout the novel and across all three major countries. Ned, Margery and Rollo are from England. Sylvie, Pierre, and Alison McKay are from France; and, Carlos, Ebrima, and Barney are from Spain. However, in Barney’s case, his life is on the sea as he spends most of his story on a ship. Each of these characters represents one of the two main religions, Protestantism or Catholicism.

Ebrima is the only one who does not truly believe in either religion, but he is used to show how Spain’s disgruntled citizens overthrow Catholic rule.. All of these characters have distinct personalities and care about widely different outcomes even if they seem to fight for the same thing. For example, Rollo and Pierre are both fighting for Catholic rule. However, Rollo is focused on his...