The Friar of Carcassonne : Revolt Against the Inquisition in the Last Days of the Cathars _poetry behind-the-scenes accounts will be of

behind-the-scenes accounts will be of interest to Toronto political junkies

but few can describe their journey with the eloquence that Julia Zarankin brings to this sparkling memoir

Val Napoleon

recounts how he and his family fled the pressures of society to ‘slow down’ in a Himalayan Buddhist temple

The Friar of Carcassonne : Revolt Against the Inquisition in the Last Days of the Cathars _poetry behind-the-scenes accounts will be ofDescription The dramatic story of courageous Franciscan friar who battled king, pope and Inquisition in his search for justice. Nearly a century had passed since the French region of Languedoc had been put to the sword in the Cathar Crusade, but the stain of Catharism still lay on the land. Any accusation of Catharism invited peril. But repression bred resentment, and it was in Carcassonne that resistance began to stir. In 1300 a great orator emerged