HF about the Cathars

Carine · Post by **Carine** » Mon February 2nd, 2009, 6:53 am

[quote=""annis""]Carine, I read Kate Mosse's "Labyrinth", which I was a bit so-so about, but I found the NF book by her husband Greg very interesting and you might too, if you're travelling to Cathar country. It's called "Secrets of the Labyrith"[/quote]

That looks very interesting indeed Annis ! Thanks for the tip, I think I'm going to order this one.

Carla · Post by **Carla** » Wed February 4th, 2009, 7:01 pm

If NF is of interest, part of The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail is about the Cathars and I found it very interesting, though I can take or leave the conspiracy theory

One of my ambitions is to go on a hiking holiday in Cathar country. All those fantastic castles on improbable mountain tops! Haven't got round to it yet, though.

Misfit · Post by **Misfit** » Wed February 4th, 2009, 7:09 pm

Carla, somewhere in internet land there is a really really cool site on anything and everything in that area. I posted it somewhere on the old board (which is now down). Perhaps someone here saved it, or else try for some creative googling.

EC2 · Post by **EC2** » Wed February 4th, 2009, 8:15 pm

[quote=""Carla""]If NF is of interest, part of The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail is about the Cathars and I found it very interesting, though I can take or leave the conspiracy theory

One of my ambitions is to go on a hiking holiday in Cathar country. All those fantastic castles on improbable mountain tops! Haven't got round to it yet, though.[/quote]

Carla, you HAVE to do that. We went back in the early 90's in the spring and the scenery was fabulous. I'll have to look through my photo files and scan some of the old pics onto my PC. The Corbiers mountains are just as beautiful as the Pyrenees.

Misfit · Post by **Misfit** » Thu February 5th, 2009, 2:08 am

[quote=""Misfit""]Carla, somewhere in internet land there is a really really cool site on anything and everything in that area. I posted it somewhere on the old board (which is now down). Perhaps someone here saved it, or else try for some creative googling.[/quote]

I don't believe it but I found the link, this is lots of fun.

Carine · Post by **Carine** » Thu February 5th, 2009, 7:12 am

[quote=""Misfit""]I don't believe it but I found the link, this is lots of fun.[/quote]

Thanks for posting this link Misfit, it's a great site indeed !!

Misfit · Post by **Misfit** » Thu February 5th, 2009, 4:22 pm

Carine, I'm just happy I found it so easily this time. I managed to find the two words that google picked like magic. This is a major time suck though

Carine · Post by **Carine** » Thu February 5th, 2009, 5:05 pm

Misfit, I had wee keek at it and I see it's going to be a major time suck, but I don't mind at all

Chatterbox · Post by **Chatterbox** » Wed April 22nd, 2009, 2:55 am

I am having a horrible blank moment. There is a novel, by an English writer who specializes in mysteries revolving around women. She wrote a rather good one -- lively at any rate -- about a woman who goes to Languedoc, encounters the locals and then, cue time slip and she seems to be inhabiting the personality of a young Cathar girl who is rescued from one of the early persecutions, is brought up by a Catholic noble family, but then returns to Montsegur. Her brother, a baby when they are saved from the first persecutions, has no memory of his mother and becomes a Dominican...

There is also a trilogy I haven't read, by Derek Armstrong, set around that time & the lead character of a troubador.

An ultra-accessible book about this world is Stephen O'Shea's The Perfect Heresy. I've read Oldenbourg's book and that of Rene Weis, and O'Shea's strikes me as just as scholarly and far easier to jump into than either. Btw, Oldenbourg also has a very good book about the Crusades.

annis · Post by **annis** » Wed April 22nd, 2009, 7:04 am

I recall a time-slip by Eilzabeth Harris called "The Quiet Earth", which I think centres around the Cathars, but not sure if it's the one you're thinking of, as it's a long time since I read it and I'm not too sure on the details.