From the Drop of Heaven: Legends, Prejudice, and Revenge

Gold Medal — Royal Palm Literary AwardFinalist — Chaucer Awards 5 Star Highly Recommended Medal — Historical Fiction Company In 1580, Salm, France, danger exists in knowledge, superstition explains every misfortune, and witches live next door.Catherine and Nicolas believe they can rise above the local prejudices they inherited and are determined to build a shared future through work, loyalty, and kindness. Yet the village remembers what it has been taught: certain books are enough to end a good name and tempt the weak, and the sins of parents pass to children whether they deserve it or not.When a banned book is found in Nicolas's shop, their lives become entangled in a world where faith is weaponized, books are burned, and rumors are deadlier than truth. Violence arrives cloaked in righteousness. Their true enemy is the man trusted with saving their souls, and no one escapes unscathed.Spanning fifty years of political and religious upheaval, From the Drop of Heaven is a sweeping historical novel based on real people and documented events, and is written by Catherine and Nicolas’s direct descendant. It is a story of love tested by fanaticism, the cost of thinking freely, and the quiet bravery of those who cling to compassion when tolerance dies. WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING: Brushed onto a historical canvas, this riveting novel explores themes that have colored women's lives throughout the generations. What we grappled with in our distant past has poignancy in today's world. A beautifully rendered story that will capture your imagination.—Fiona Quinn, USA Today best-selling authorFor lovers of rich, immersive history wrapped in a captivating and heartbreaking story, this book grabs hold from the very beginning and refuses to release until the very last word. Juliette Godot is a master storyteller, taking her own astounding family history and offering the reader a beautifully crafted tale worthy of ten stars!—D. K. Marley, historical fiction author of Blood and Ink, and the CEO of The Historical Fiction CompanyThe Drop of Heaven is an absorbing and unsettling story of the struggles of a close-knit family in the dangerous world of late 16th century France - a world beset by simmering grudges and petty jealousies, disease and ignorance, superstition and religious intolerance.—Catherine Meyrick, historical fiction author of Forsaking All Other, The Bridled Tongue, and Cold Blows the Wind.In From the Drop of Heaven Juliette Godot has woven a masterpiece of texture and color in historically depicting the life and times of France in the late sixteenth century when Protestants and Catholics see little but evil in one another. As families strive to maintain peace, they must bow to the powers of the State and the Catholic and Protestant hierarchies. Lies are easily spread, and the innocent can find themselves at the mercy of the courts for offenses they never committed. Such is the fate of two families the de la Goutte de Paradis and the Cathillon in Salm and the Duchy of Lorraine. This is both a moving and inspiring tale. —Celia Martin, The Hayward/D'Arcy 17th century historical adventure romance series.From the Drop of Heaven begins as an unlikely love story between a peasant girl and a mayor’s son in the late 1500s. As Godot spins their tale, she vividly portrays the horrors of the time: religious conflicts, outbreaks of plague, and accusations of witchcraft—and makes us understand the heavy price paid by those who dare follow their own truth.—Ruth Hull Chatlien, author of The Ambitious Madame Bonaparte Read more