Stigmata [electronic resource]
Falconer, Colin2012
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1205AD: Philip of Vercy sails away from the roasting wasteland where he has passed the last year. As a Knight of the Realm, he has fought the infidel in the Holy Land. Now, after twelve months of savage, bloody warfare in the scorching sun, he is finally coming home to his castle, to peace, and to his beloved wife. But France offers neither comfort or peace. His wife has died in childbirth, his young son is dying of a wasting disease, and, in the south, his Cathar countrymen are being brutally persecuted. When Philip hears rumours of a healer in the Languedoc, a young woman blessed by God and marked with Christ's Stigmata, he rides out on a desperate quest to save his son. His journey takes him into a vision of hell that outstrips even what he saw in Outremer. Disgusted by the senseless slaughter, Philip gradually becomes embroiled in the Cathar cause. And then he finds his miracle: Fabrisse Berenger, the beautiful, loving daughter of Cathar parents. She is bewildered by her strange wounds, but Philip is fascinated by them... and more fascinated by the serene goodness of Fabricia herself. Together, the pair must flee persecution under cover of darkness - but they cannot hold off the Pope's soldiers forever. Their destiny will be decided in the snows of the Black Mountains where Fabricia and Philip must make choices not just to save their lives, but their souls.
Main title:
Stigmata [electronic resource] / Colin Falconer
Author:
Falconer, Colin, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Atlantic Books, 2012
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Series:
Edge of the World
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Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
Born in the north of London, Colin drove cabs and played guitar in dark bars and rough pubs before joining an advertising agency - 'a step down.' He then worked as a television and radio scriptwriter, and as a freelance journalist. He has been a full time novelist for the last twenty years. He has been a full time novelist for the last twenty years, with his historical novels published widely in Europe, the UK and the USA and translated into seventeen languages. "Falconer's grasp of the period and places is almost flawless; his pace is good, the dialogue convincing and descriptions effective. He's my kind of writer." The Australian His quest for authenticity led him to run with the bulls in Pamplona, chase tornadoes across Texas and Oklahoma, go cage shark diving in South Africa, and get tear gassed in La Paz. He has also chased black witches in Mexico and went into the Amazon to undergo ayahuasca ceremonies with Peruvian shamans. A critic once introduced him to an audience this way: 'Colin Falconer's novels are based on dedicated research and a profound knowledge of his subject, stories of passion and human frailty drawn on a vast canvas, about the perennial nature of love and the human spirit.'
ISBN:
9780857891181
Language:
English
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BRN:
2762951
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