What is known is that the Cathars rivaled the established church in parts of Western Europe. Several legends have been told about the Cathars, including that they practiced ancient mystical rituals and that they were the guardians of the Holy Grail. This book focuses on the Cathars, a gnostic sect centered in the Pays d'Oc, (modern southwestern France). Still, I gave this book a chance, as I'd been impressed with Kate Mosse's work as an interviewer on the BBC's Radio 4. For a long time, The Da Vinci Code put me right off books about the Cathars or the Holy Grail, so I was hesitant to pick up Kate Mosse's book. But in a world where the enemy now lies in every shadow – where neighbour informs on neighbour where friends disappear without warning and often without trace – love can demand the highest price of all. When she meets Raoul, they discover a shared passion for the cause, for their homeland, and for each other. Sandrine, a spirited and courageous nineteen-year-old, finds herself drawn into a Resistance network in Carcassonne – codenamed ‘Citadel’ – a group of ordinary women who are prepared to risk everything for what is right. But Meredith is also seeking the key to her own complex legacy and becomes immersed in the story of a tragic love, a missing girl, a quest for revenge and the haunting events of one cataclysmic night a century ago. Meredith Martin arrives at the Domaine de la Cade to research a biography. But when Léonie stumbles across a ruined sepulchre she uncovers a timeless mystery and a unique deck of tarot cards that seem to hold power over life and death.Ģ007. Léonie Vernier and her older brother abandon Paris for the sanctuary of their aunt’s isolated country house near Carcassonne, the Domaine de la Cade. Soon, a link to a shocking secret – and her own past – is revealed. Puzzled by the labyrinth symbol carved into the rock, she realises she has disturbed something that was meant to remain buried. Archaeologist Alice Tanner discovers two skeletons in a forgotten cave in the French Pyrenees. Although Alaïs cannot understand the strange words and symbols, she knows that her destiny lies in keeping the secret of the labyrinth safe.Ģ005. Seventeen-year-old Alaïs Pelletier is given a mysterious book by her father, which he claims contains the secret of the true Grail.

Kate Mosse’s internationally bestselling Languedoc Trilogy – now in a single eBook format.ġ209.

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