The Huguenots: A Biography of a Minority, George A. Rothrock, Ph.D. This book is a new and important on the sixteenth century. Describing in fascinating detail the religious, social, political, economic, military and cultural experience of this intriguing and colorful French religious minority, the author sheds new light on the role of the Huguenots as a dynamic element in French history. A Protestant sect in a French Catholic world, the Huguenots, as developed in this book, provide a microcosmic collage of the human experience. Rothrock's book succinctly and successfully fuses dynamic individuals and exciting events into a fresh look at early modern France.