![]() ![]() ![]() Trapped with William and more than 200 Cathars at the fortress of Montségur, Jeanne is asked to sacrifice her convictions for the security of the Cathar legacy. Against this turbulent background, Jeanne of Béziers finds herself embroiled in the resistance, fighting for freedom alongside William, the man whom she loves - and who is married to her best friend. It is a time of terror, with neighbor pitted against neighbor, and religious passions running high a time of suspicion, burnings, and systematic genocide. But war is raging, and the Inquisition is charged with exterminating the Church of Love. Adopted by Lady Esclarmonde, the fiery Jeanne is educated in the ways of the Cathars - the "pure ones," pacifist, vegetarian, chaste followers of Christ. The year is 1209: A baby girl, dressed in a white silk dress strewn with pearls, is found in a meadow outside the smoking city of Béziers, where 20,000 people have just been massacred. ![]()
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