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A story of persecution and poetry, love and war set in 13th-century Southern France. A troubadour, Bertran, witnesses the brutal murder of the Pope's legate, and risks his life to warn others of the war that he knows is certain to follow this act. The lands of the peaceable Cathars - deemed heretics - are now forfeit and under threat from crusaders who have been given authority by the Pope to take the Cathar domains by force. But the Pope is trying to track Bertran down and so is somebody else: Elinor, a young noblewoman, in love with Bertran but facing a loveless arranged marriage, flees her family and becomes a minstrel herself. Soon both Bertan and Elinor find themselves enveloped in a rising tide of bloodshed that threatens the very fabric of their society.
| ISBN | 0747592519 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | ISBN13 | 9780747592518
(What's this?) | | Pages | 304 | | Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Format | Hardback | | Width (mm) | 129 | | Publication date | 03 Aug 2009 | | Academic level | Teenage / young adult | | DEWEY | 823.914 | | Reading age | From 12 |
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Praise for 'Falconer's Knot': 'A pacy and highly enjoyable read there is a freshness of perspective and intricacy of plot that lifts the story above the obvious or crass. The female characters and their struggles to find some autonomy beyond the confines of the roles allotted to them provide a particularly vivid thread beneath the mystery narrative I defy anyone to read this book and not want to visit Assisi' Guardian  Be the first to write a customer review
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