The Cathars, a group of heretical Christians from all walks of society, high and low, flourished in what is now the Languedoc in Southern France. Their subversive beliefs brought down on them the wrath of Popes and monarchs and provoked a brutal 'Crusade' against them.
A blend of contemporary travelogue and historical narrative about the Alps from "a graceful and passionate writer" (The Washington Post).
In 1300 a great orator emerged who brought together the currents of resistance. Three years later the terrible prisons were stormed and the inmates... Læs mere
A blend of contemporary travelogue and historical narrative about the Alps from "a graceful and passionate writer" (The Washington Post).