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The Fire and the Light: A Novel of the Cathars

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She will defy the most powerful pope in history.

As the 13th century dawns across Occitania, a brash, charismatic viscountess named Esclarmonde de Foix champions her persecuted pacifist faith and shocks the Church by publicly debating its greatest monastic minds.

Centuries later, she is still revered as the Cathar Joan of Arc.

Spiritual upheaval shakes Latin Christendom. In Rome, Pope Innocent III plots to crush a growing dualist sect that preaches Christ's mission has been corrupted. In the Holy Land, warrior-monks make a disturbing discovery. In southern France, roving troubadours sing of a Holy Grail that offers salvation through the intercession of a worthy lady.

And in the foothills of the Pyrenees, war clouds approach Esclarmonde's hunted heretics, who protect an ancient scroll containing shattering revelations.

Declared outlaws by the Church, the Occitan knights who defend Esclarmonde's family and followers determine to make their last stand atop Montsegur, a haunting mountain keep that protects a sacred treasure. Their heroic resistance against the papal and French armies evokes the legendary defiance of the Jewish rebels against the Roman legions at Masada.

Myth and history collide in this sweeping saga of crusading fanaticism, courtly romance, knightly valor, and monastic conspiracy set during the infamous Albigensian Crusade.

-- Foreword Book-of-the-Year Finalist/Honorable Mention Historical Fiction
-- NIEA Award for Best New Fiction
-- Nautilus Silver Award
-- IPPY Silver Award
-- Eric Hoffer Award Finalist/Honorable Mention
-- Da Vinci Eye Award Finalist

Language: English

Pages: 487

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Brigid's Fire Press

Release: September 01, 2008

ISBN: 0981648479

ISBN 13: 9780981648477

The Fire and the Light: A Novel of the Cathars

4.1/5 ( ratings)

She will defy the most powerful pope in history.

As the 13th century dawns across Occitania, a brash, charismatic viscountess named Esclarmonde de Foix champions her persecuted pacifist faith and shocks the Church by publicly debating its greatest monastic minds.

Centuries later, she is still revered as the Cathar Joan of Arc.

Spiritual upheaval shakes Latin Christendom. In Rome, Pope Innocent III plots to crush a growing dualist sect that preaches Christ's mission has been corrupted. In the Holy Land, warrior-monks make a disturbing discovery. In southern France, roving troubadours sing of a Holy Grail that offers salvation through the intercession of a worthy lady.

And in the foothills of the Pyrenees, war clouds approach Esclarmonde's hunted heretics, who protect an ancient scroll containing shattering revelations.

Declared outlaws by the Church, the Occitan knights who defend Esclarmonde's family and followers determine to make their last stand atop Montsegur, a haunting mountain keep that protects a sacred treasure. Their heroic resistance against the papal and French armies evokes the legendary defiance of the Jewish rebels against the Roman legions at Masada.

Myth and history collide in this sweeping saga of crusading fanaticism, courtly romance, knightly valor, and monastic conspiracy set during the infamous Albigensian Crusade.

-- Foreword Book-of-the-Year Finalist/Honorable Mention Historical Fiction
-- NIEA Award for Best New Fiction
-- Nautilus Silver Award
-- IPPY Silver Award
-- Eric Hoffer Award Finalist/Honorable Mention
-- Da Vinci Eye Award Finalist

Language: English

Pages: 487

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Brigid's Fire Press

Release: September 01, 2008

ISBN: 0981648479

ISBN 13: 9780981648477

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