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NEW
The
Well
Mike Briley
AuthorHouse
(paperback: 400 pages (January 2008)
ISBN: 9781434349699
The first novel
by Mike Briley - editor of Tarn-Web - is naturally set in
SouthWest France. When Peter Bennett is made redundant
from his publishing company in the UK he decides he needs
a break before starting on a new phase of his career.
Influenced by his mother's life-long love of France he
decides to accept a long-standing invitation to visit
friends in South-West France or "Deepest France" as he
likes to call it. But from the moment he sets foot on
French soil nothing goes to plan and Peter rapidly finds
himself involved in a series of intrigues as the
fast-paced plot twists and turns like the deep mountain
valley where the action takes place.
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The
Treasures of the Tour De
France
Serge
Laget and Luke
Edwardes-Evans
Publisher:
Carlton Books Ltd (Hardcover: 64 pages) (May 2007)
ISBN-10: 1844420655
ISBN-13: 978-1844420650
This "official"
book of the Tour comprises an authoritative narrative
account of each major era in the sport up to and
including the controversial 2006 Tour. The reportage is
complemented by features on the superstars and the
memorable moments for each of the eras. It also contains
over 30 facsimile items of rare sporting memorabilia
integrated into the pages of the book. The reader can
relive the dramatic events that have entranced the
watching millions by holding and examining souvenir
brochures, period newspapers, posters, stickers,
postcards and items of correspondence.
For Tour de France enthusiasts the book is a "must have".
For the rest of us it is a fascinating read. The book,
contained in a slipcase, is masterfully produced and well
worth the price.
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The
Cathars: The Most Successful Heresy of the Middle
Ages
Sean Martin
Pocket
Essentials; Hardcover - 160 pages (2005)
ISBN-10: 1904048331
ISBN-13: 978-1904048336
Catharism was the
most successful heresy of the Middle Ages. The Cathars
taught that the world is evil and must be transcended
through a simple life of prayer, work, fasting and
non-violence. They believed themselves to be the heirs of
the true heritage of Christianity and completely rejected
the Catholic Church and all its trappings, regarding it
as the Church of Satan. Alarmed at the success of
Catharism, the Church founded the Inquisition and
launched the Albigensian Crusade to exterminate the
heresy. Martin recounts the Cathars' story and the myths
associated with them.
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A
Piano in the Pyrenees:
The Ups and Downs of an Englishman in the French
Mountains
Tony Hawks
Ebury Press;
Paperback: 352 pages (2007)
ISBN-10: 0091903335
ISBN-13: 978-0091903336
Tony Hawks
regales his readers with tales of his efforts to buy a
house in the French Pyrenees and settle down to French
village life. Although there are many amusing sequences
there are also some sadder parts when the author writes
of his loneliness. This gives the book a welcome
realism that is often missing in this type of
book.
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Champagne
Rugby:
The Golden Age of French Rugby League
Henri Garcia
(translated by Roger Grime)
London League
Publications Ltd Paperback: 152 pages (2007)
ISBN-10: 1903659345
ISBN-13: 978-1903659342
A first hand
account of the three French rugby league tours to
Australia in the 1950s.
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The
Cathars and the Albigensian
Crusade
Michael Costen
Manchester
Univ Press; Paperback - 256 pages 20 illustrations
(1997)
ISBN: 0719043328
The story of the
war waged by the Catholic Church against the so-called
heretics of Languedoc from 1209, combined with a
description of the political, economic, religious, and
social conditions of southwestern France in the 12th and
13th centuries. This book sets the Albigensian Crusade in
its historical context relative to the Languedoc history
and culture.
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The
Cathars (The Peoples of
Europe)
Malcolm Lambert
Blackwell
Pub; Paperback - 368 pages (1998)
ISBN: 063120959X
This is the first
comprehensive account in English of the most feared and
the most mysterious of medieval heretics. A crusade was
launched to uproot them in the south of France, the
Inquisition was developed to suppress them, and St
Dominic founded his friars to preach against them. Their
history and that of the medieval Church are inextricably
mingled. This book puts the Cathars in the context of
medieval Catholicism. It studies the rise and fall of the
heresy from twelfth century Rhineland to fifteenth
century Bosnia and the Church´s counteraction,
peaceful and violent. Some argue that our knowledge of
the Cathars is fatally distorted by prejudice; in fact,
the author shows, we can now acquire an understanding of
their beliefs and internal disputes, and the reasons why
they once made so powerful an appeal.
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Peter
Mayle
lives in and writes about Provence which is not the
SouthWest but much that he describes in both his fiction and
non-fiction books is applicable to the culture of the Midi
in general including the SouthWest. We therefore
include a selection of his books here.
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A
Year in Provence
Peter Mayle
A new edition
of the original classic.
Penguin Books; Paperback - 224 pages (1999)
ISBN: 0140279334
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Anything
Considered
Peter Mayle
Penguin
Books; Paperback - 256 pages (1997)
ISBN: 0140259708
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Hotel
Pastis
Peter Mayle
Penguin
Books; Paperback - 320 pages (2004)
ISBN: 0140238646
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Chasing
Cezanne
Peter Mayle
Penguin
Books; Paperback - 256 pages (1998)
ISBN: 014026583X
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Encore
Provence
Peter Mayle
Hamish
Hamilton; Hardcover - 208 pages (1999)
ISBN: 0241134706
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