The Lost Seigneur by David Loux
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The Lost Seigneur by David Loux
Today on the blog, I’m delighted that David Loux is sharing a post about what inspired him to write his novel, The Lost Seigneur. I’ll also be highlighting the book description and David’s author profile below. Have a read—David has inspired me, not only about how he drew from family history, but also from those larger questions about trauma, healing, and whether we can choose to become something better than what suffering might make us.
Guest Post - David’s Inspiration for the Novel
Inspiration for The Lost Seigneur was two-fold. First of all, there was a tragic incident in my first-generation family in the American colony of Penn’s Woods that had a significant and lingering impact on me. As an entertainment culture, we have become inured to atrocities to some extent. They play out on the television screens in our living rooms, where violence is often gratuitous. As current events, they are something that happens somewhere else, in places with which we have little connection. But when atrocities happen to us personally, or occur in our own families, they become something else. The horror becomes unavoidable. The things we suffer become a part of us. My intention with Chateau Laux was to attempt to understand how my first-generation family could live with what had happened to them, and with The Lost Seigneur, to develop the thematic content further.
A second source of inspiration was more existential in nature. Whereas Chateau Laux was based on a true story, The Lost Seigneur was purely fictional and more thematic in nature. The Lost Seigneur asks a number of questions. One of them is whether we are victims of our experiences to the extent that we perpetuate them, for better or for worse, or whether through heart and largess of spirit we can rise above them and contribute to a better world. The Lost Seigneur is about a family that heals itself, against the odds and in the face of considerable challenges. More than one of my reviewers has said that through reading the book they have managed to heal some of the trauma they have endured in their personal lives, and this, more than anything, has been gratifying to me. If I can write a book that not only speaks to the heart but in some way heals it, then I am humbled as an author.
The Lost Seigneur Book Description
The Lost Seigneur is a sequel to the award-winning Chateau Laux.
It is the story of Jean-Pierre du Laux, a nobleman in southern France, who was wrongly imprisoned during a time of religious intolerance and subsequently endeavors to return to his family. Many years have passed since he saw them, and his long incarceration has broken his health.
Any reunion would clearly have been impossible, without the unlikely help of a youthful companion that he meets along the way.
Buy Links:
Ebook Universal link: https://books2read.com/u/4DMa0k
Paperback universal link: https://mybook.to/The-Lost-Seigneur
Author Bio:
David Loux Author
David Loux is the author of Chateau Laux, a critically acclaimed, award-winning novel that tells the story of a shocking incident in eighteenth century America. His second novel, The Lost Seigneur expands on the themes detailed in Chateau Laux. and completes the story of a French family’s migration to America in the eighteenth century.
He lives in the Eastern Sierra with his wife, Lynn.
Author Links:
Website: https://www.wiregatepress.com
Twitter / X: https://x.com/@ChateauLaux
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davidlouxauthor
Book Bub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/david-loux
Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/author/davidloux
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/20987947.David_Loux