The novel Wind to Freedom is a tale about a familys struggle with the basic toils and subsequent crises of life they encountered in eighteenth-century Europe. Mother Nature brought about their first life-changing decision and caused them to evacuate their ancestral homes in Switzerland and flee to a more business and climate-friendly Normandy. Once ensconced there life returned to normal and the Family flourished while they regained their previous Bourgeoisie status.The second and most dire situ