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  • THE GOOD MEN. by Craig, Charmaine.
    Craig, Charmaine.
    THE GOOD MEN.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Riverhead Books, 2002. SIGNED first edition - The author's first novel, a story inspired by testimony of Grazida Lizier, a young woman tried by the Inquisition in 1320. "In Montaillou, a small village in south-west France. three generations of characters are torn between desires for spiritual grace and fleshly pleasure. [This novel] dramatizes how relatively small, and at times barely comprehensible, differences in faith served as the impetus behind a tragedy of enormous proportions." The title refers to one of the names used for the Cathars, a Christian sect that preached renunciation of the flesh. INSCRIBED on the half title page and dated in 2001, that is before publication. In this advance issue, the afterword precedes the…

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    New York: Riverhead Books, 2002. SIGNED first edition - The author's first novel, a story inspired by testimony of Grazida Lizier, a young woman tried by the Inquisition in 1320. "In Montaillou, a small village in south-west France. three generations of characters are torn between desires for spiritual grace and fleshly pleasure. [This novel] dramatizes how relatively small, and at times barely comprehensible, differences in faith served as the impetus behind a tragedy of enormous proportions." The title refers to one of the names used for the Cathars, a Christian sect that preached renunciation of the flesh. INSCRIBED on the half title page and dated in 2001, that is before publication. In this advance issue, the afterword precedes the novel. Map. Chronology. 389 pp plus an explication of the Cathar heresy.

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    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 89858
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  • A MURDEROUS PROCESSION. by Franklin, Ariana (pseudonym of Diana Norman)
    Franklin, Ariana (pseudonym of Diana Norman)
    A MURDEROUS PROCESSION.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Putnam, (2010.) dj. Hardcover first edition - In 1176, King Henry II sends his daughter Joanna to Palermo to marry his cousin, the king of Sicily. Henry chooses Adelia Aguilar, a medical doctor and native of Sicily, to travel with the princess. The fourth in the Mistress of the Art of Death series, this is an excellent historical novel which portrays a world just beginning to slide into the grip of the Inquisition. Author's notes. 337 pp. ISBN: 0-399-156283.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (remainder line.)

    Book ID: 56373
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  • THE WINTER GHOSTS. by Mosse, Kate.
    Mosse, Kate.
    THE WINTER GHOSTS.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Putnam, (2011) dj. Hardcover first edition - " In the winter of 1928, still seeking resolution, Freddie is travelling through the French Pyrenees. During a snowstorm, his car spins off the mountain road. He stumbles through woods, emerging in a tiny village. There he meets Fabrissa, a beautiful woman also mourning a lost generation. Over the course of one night, Fabrissa and Freddie share their stories. By the time dawn breaks, he will have stumbled across a tragic mystery that goes back through the centuries" - the story of the massacre of the Cathars by the Inquisition. An attractively produced book with illustrations at the beginning of each chapter, illustrated endpapers. Author's note. 265 pp. ISBN: 9780399157158.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 62021
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