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K M Grant
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ISBN | 978-184724528 | ||
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Wendy
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Synopsis
Chalus Chabrol, 1199. The Occitanian knights battle for their lives against Richard the Lionheart. They are guarding the Blue Flame under which all Occitanians must unite to resist invasion. But the knights cannot survive and so it falls to Parsifal, young son of the knight Bernard, to travel on alone and find the true keeper of the Flame. Yet when Parsifal returns home, the Occitan is ablaze. Catholic Inquisitors and Cathar heretics, far from uniting, are fighting each other for the soul of the land and its people. To which sect does the Blue Flame belong? Parsifal's path intertwines with Raimon, son of a Cathar weaver, and Yolanda, daughter of a Catholic count. They are falling in love. But in a time of hate, love is never left in peace. With family against family, north against south and Catholic against Cathar, Raimon must help Parsifal find the Blue Flame's true meaning before the Occitan is destroyed.
Review
This is the first book in the trilogy called "The Perfect Fire". The Blue Flame is a symbol of the soul of the Occitinan people, but in the wrong hands the results could be disastrous.
The story is set in the town of Amouroil and is in the district of Ocitania in the French Pyrenees. K.M. Grant has written an absorbing tale about two young people living in the medieval times. A time of war and religious persecution especially the Cathars who were persecuted relentlessly by the Catholic inquisitors.
There are so many believable characters I found the idea of the "Dogboy" - boys who were orphaned or illegitimate, working in the hunting dog kennels and are more like dogs than humans, fascinating. A very well told story with much going on all the time. Well plotted and beautifully written. A must for children and adults. Highly recommended.
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