false 3735697 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg The Cathars were a Christian sect that believed in an ongoing cosmic struggle between the realm of spirit, which was pure, & the realm of matter, which was corrupt. They rejected many worldly things, lived celibate non-materialistic lives of simplicity & had but one prayer: The Our Father. In their devotion to reaching a state of communion with otherworldliness, Cathars defied the riches & regimentation of the Catholic Church.
In the Crusade declared against this religion, which at its height numbered into the hundreds of thousands & was spreading into all corners of Christendom, the Church promised riches & forgiveness of sins for any who rose up & slaughtered Cathars wherever they were to be found: men, women, children. The ensuing violence directed against these people makes for a tragic tale. Oldenbourg spares us no detail of the cruel savagery of the holocaust. Scarcely any of her many characters, Cathars of all ages & walks of life, escape tragic ends. She also does a superlative job of detailing exactly what they believed & how they exercised those beliefs in day-to-day existence. Her novel is a plausible & interesting picture of a time & locale in the Medieval world.
If after reading Destiny of Fire, you find yourself wondering why it is this genocide of perhaps a million human beings is so little known today, consider the explanation in the opening of this review, but also know that for centuries the Catholic Church imposed a gag order that mandating that any mention of the Cathars must condemn them as heretical practitioners of anti-Christian evil, & any reference to the "Holy War" against them must be made in the form of praise at the righteousness of the Church's actions. Oldenbourg does history a fine service in writing this well-researched novel. --Ellie Reasoner (edited)]]> 3735697 9 3779755 book 1960 Les brûlés total:5|5:2|4:3|3:0|2:0|1:0| 5 22 10 2 106572 4.04 108 24 27099091 974210 3735697 0786705779 9780786705771 2 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3735697.Destiny_of_Fire 4.25 4 The Cathars were a Christian sect that believed in an ongoing cosmic struggle between the realm of spirit, which was pure, & the realm of matter, which was corrupt. They rejected many worldly things, lived celibate non-materialistic lives of simplicity & had but one prayer: The Our Father. In their devotion to reaching a state of communion with otherworldliness, Cathars defied the riches & regimentation of the Catholic Church.
In the Crusade declared against this religion, which at its height numbered into the hundreds of thousands & was spreading into all corners of Christendom, the Church promised riches & forgiveness of sins for any who rose up & slaughtered Cathars wherever they were to be found: men, women, children. The ensuing violence directed against these people makes for a tragic tale. Oldenbourg spares us no detail of the cruel savagery of the holocaust. Scarcely any of her many characters, Cathars of all ages & walks of life, escape tragic ends. She also does a superlative job of detailing exactly what they believed & how they exercised those beliefs in day-to-day existence. Her novel is a plausible & interesting picture of a time & locale in the Medieval world.
If after reading Destiny of Fire, you find yourself wondering why it is this genocide of perhaps a million human beings is so little known today, consider the explanation in the opening of this review, but also know that for centuries the Catholic Church imposed a gag order that mandating that any mention of the Cathars must condemn them as heretical practitioners of anti-Christian evil, & any reference to the "Holy War" against them must be made in the form of praise at the righteousness of the Church's actions. Oldenbourg does history a fine service in writing this well-researched novel. --Ellie Reasoner (edited)]]> 1960 5 1 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1978 Sun Jul 13 02:11:40 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 13 02:49:57 -0700 2008
The word "cathar" me...more...]]> 72190133 2464928 3735697 0786705779 9780786705771 2 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3735697.Destiny_of_Fire 4.40 5 The Cathars were a Christian sect that believed in an ongoing cosmic struggle between the realm of spirit, which was pure, & the realm of matter, which was corrupt. They rejected many worldly things, lived celibate non-materialistic lives of simplicity & had but one prayer: The Our Father. In their devotion to reaching a state of communion with otherworldliness, Cathars defied the riches & regimentation of the Catholic Church.
In the Crusade declared against this religion, which at its height numbered into the hundreds of thousands & was spreading into all corners of Christendom, the Church promised riches & forgiveness of sins for any who rose up & slaughtered Cathars wherever they were to be found: men, women, children. The ensuing violence directed against these people makes for a tragic tale. Oldenbourg spares us no detail of the cruel savagery of the holocaust. Scarcely any of her many characters, Cathars of all ages & walks of life, escape tragic ends. She also does a superlative job of detailing exactly what they believed & how they exercised those beliefs in day-to-day existence. Her novel is a plausible & interesting picture of a time & locale in the Medieval world.
If after reading Destiny of Fire, you find yourself wondering why it is this genocide of perhaps a million human beings is so little known today, consider the explanation in the opening of this review, but also know that for centuries the Catholic Church imposed a gag order that mandating that any mention of the Cathars must condemn them as heretical practitioners of anti-Christian evil, & any reference to the "Holy War" against them must be made in the form of praise at the righteousness of the Church's actions. Oldenbourg does history a fine service in writing this well-researched novel. --Ellie Reasoner (edited)]]> 1960 4 0 false Tue Sep 22 20:27:58 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 20:36:21 -0700 2009
After reading Oldenbourg's impressive, nonfiction account of the Crusades I wanted to try her fiction. So I picked up Destiny and was fascinated and repelled at the same time. Oldenbourg did not flinch when describing ...more...]]> 82060294 3074059 3735697 0786705779 9780786705771 2 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3735697.Destiny_of_Fire 4.40 5 The Cathars were a Christian sect that believed in an ongoing cosmic struggle between the realm of spirit, which was pure, & the realm of matter, which was corrupt. They rejected many worldly things, lived celibate non-materialistic lives of simplicity & had but one prayer: The Our Father. In their devotion to reaching a state of communion with otherworldliness, Cathars defied the riches & regimentation of the Catholic Church.
In the Crusade declared against this religion, which at its height numbered into the hundreds of thousands & was spreading into all corners of Christendom, the Church promised riches & forgiveness of sins for any who rose up & slaughtered Cathars wherever they were to be found: men, women, children. The ensuing violence directed against these people makes for a tragic tale. Oldenbourg spares us no detail of the cruel savagery of the holocaust. Scarcely any of her many characters, Cathars of all ages & walks of life, escape tragic ends. She also does a superlative job of detailing exactly what they believed & how they exercised those beliefs in day-to-day existence. Her novel is a plausible & interesting picture of a time & locale in the Medieval world.
If after reading Destiny of Fire, you find yourself wondering why it is this genocide of perhaps a million human beings is so little known today, consider the explanation in the opening of this review, but also know that for centuries the Catholic Church imposed a gag order that mandating that any mention of the Cathars must condemn them as heretical practitioners of anti-Christian evil, & any reference to the "Holy War" against them must be made in the form of praise at the righteousness of the Church's actions. Oldenbourg does history a fine service in writing this well-researched novel. --Ellie Reasoner (edited)]]> 1960 4 0 false Sat Dec 26 01:13:54 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 26 01:13:54 -0800 2009 80207065 2719353 3735729 0380004054 9780380004058 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3735729.Destiny_of_Fire 5.00 1 1960 5 0 false Mon Dec 07 14:24:27 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 07 14:24:27 -0800 2009 70647217 1380968 3735697 0786705779 9780786705771 2 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3735697.Destiny_of_Fire 4.40 5 The Cathars were a Christian sect that believed in an ongoing cosmic struggle between the realm of spirit, which was pure, & the realm of matter, which was corrupt. They rejected many worldly things, lived celibate non-materialistic lives of simplicity & had but one prayer: The Our Father. In their devotion to reaching a state of communion with otherworldliness, Cathars defied the riches & regimentation of the Catholic Church.
In the Crusade declared against this religion, which at its height numbered into the hundreds of thousands & was spreading into all corners of Christendom, the Church promised riches & forgiveness of sins for any who rose up & slaughtered Cathars wherever they were to be found: men, women, children. The ensuing violence directed against these people makes for a tragic tale. Oldenbourg spares us no detail of the cruel savagery of the holocaust. Scarcely any of her many characters, Cathars of all ages & walks of life, escape tragic ends. She also does a superlative job of detailing exactly what they believed & how they exercised those beliefs in day-to-day existence. Her novel is a plausible & interesting picture of a time & locale in the Medieval world.
If after reading Destiny of Fire, you find yourself wondering why it is this genocide of perhaps a million human beings is so little known today, consider the explanation in the opening of this review, but also know that for centuries the Catholic Church imposed a gag order that mandating that any mention of the Cathars must condemn them as heretical practitioners of anti-Christian evil, & any reference to the "Holy War" against them must be made in the form of praise at the righteousness of the Church's actions. Oldenbourg does history a fine service in writing this well-researched novel. --Ellie Reasoner (edited)]]> 1960 0 0 false Wed Sep 09 15:47:31 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 15:47:35 -0700 2009 58645115 147724 3735697 0786705779 9780786705771 2 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3735697.Destiny_of_Fire 4.40 5 The Cathars were a Christian sect that believed in an ongoing cosmic struggle between the realm of spirit, which was pure, & the realm of matter, which was corrupt. They rejected many worldly things, lived celibate non-materialistic lives of simplicity & had but one prayer: The Our Father. In their devotion to reaching a state of communion with otherworldliness, Cathars defied the riches & regimentation of the Catholic Church.
In the Crusade declared against this religion, which at its height numbered into the hundreds of thousands & was spreading into all corners of Christendom, the Church promised riches & forgiveness of sins for any who rose up & slaughtered Cathars wherever they were to be found: men, women, children. The ensuing violence directed against these people makes for a tragic tale. Oldenbourg spares us no detail of the cruel savagery of the holocaust. Scarcely any of her many characters, Cathars of all ages & walks of life, escape tragic ends. She also does a superlative job of detailing exactly what they believed & how they exercised those beliefs in day-to-day existence. Her novel is a plausible & interesting picture of a time & locale in the Medieval world.
If after reading Destiny of Fire, you find yourself wondering why it is this genocide of perhaps a million human beings is so little known today, consider the explanation in the opening of this review, but also know that for centuries the Catholic Church imposed a gag order that mandating that any mention of the Cathars must condemn them as heretical practitioners of anti-Christian evil, & any reference to the "Holy War" against them must be made in the form of praise at the righteousness of the Church's actions. Oldenbourg does history a fine service in writing this well-researched novel. --Ellie Reasoner (edited)]]> 1960 0 0 false Sat Jun 06 08:48:18 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 08:48:18 -0700 2009 52851996 1504291 3735697 0786705779 9780786705771 2 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3735697.Destiny_of_Fire 4.40 5 The Cathars were a Christian sect that believed in an ongoing cosmic struggle between the realm of spirit, which was pure, & the realm of matter, which was corrupt. They rejected many worldly things, lived celibate non-materialistic lives of simplicity & had but one prayer: The Our Father. In their devotion to reaching a state of communion with otherworldliness, Cathars defied the riches & regimentation of the Catholic Church.
In the Crusade declared against this religion, which at its height numbered into the hundreds of thousands & was spreading into all corners of Christendom, the Church promised riches & forgiveness of sins for any who rose up & slaughtered Cathars wherever they were to be found: men, women, children. The ensuing violence directed against these people makes for a tragic tale. Oldenbourg spares us no detail of the cruel savagery of the holocaust. Scarcely any of her many characters, Cathars of all ages & walks of life, escape tragic ends. She also does a superlative job of detailing exactly what they believed & how they exercised those beliefs in day-to-day existence. Her novel is a plausible & interesting picture of a time & locale in the Medieval world.
If after reading Destiny of Fire, you find yourself wondering why it is this genocide of perhaps a million human beings is so little known today, consider the explanation in the opening of this review, but also know that for centuries the Catholic Church imposed a gag order that mandating that any mention of the Cathars must condemn them as heretical practitioners of anti-Christian evil, & any reference to the "Holy War" against them must be made in the form of praise at the righteousness of the Church's actions. Oldenbourg does history a fine service in writing this well-researched novel. --Ellie Reasoner (edited)]]> 1960 0 0 false Wed Apr 15 20:02:33 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 20:02:33 -0700 2009 43218097 1858850 3735697 0786705779 9780786705771 2 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3735697.Destiny_of_Fire 4.40 5 The Cathars were a Christian sect that believed in an ongoing cosmic struggle between the realm of spirit, which was pure, & the realm of matter, which was corrupt. They rejected many worldly things, lived celibate non-materialistic lives of simplicity & had but one prayer: The Our Father. In their devotion to reaching a state of communion with otherworldliness, Cathars defied the riches & regimentation of the Catholic Church.
In the Crusade declared against this religion, which at its height numbered into the hundreds of thousands & was spreading into all corners of Christendom, the Church promised riches & forgiveness of sins for any who rose up & slaughtered Cathars wherever they were to be found: men, women, children. The ensuing violence directed against these people makes for a tragic tale. Oldenbourg spares us no detail of the cruel savagery of the holocaust. Scarcely any of her many characters, Cathars of all ages & walks of life, escape tragic ends. She also does a superlative job of detailing exactly what they believed & how they exercised those beliefs in day-to-day existence. Her novel is a plausible & interesting picture of a time & locale in the Medieval world.
If after reading Destiny of Fire, you find yourself wondering why it is this genocide of perhaps a million human beings is so little known today, consider the explanation in the opening of this review, but also know that for centuries the Catholic Church imposed a gag order that mandating that any mention of the Cathars must condemn them as heretical practitioners of anti-Christian evil, & any reference to the "Holy War" against them must be made in the form of praise at the righteousness of the Church's actions. Oldenbourg does history a fine service in writing this well-researched novel. --Ellie Reasoner (edited)]]> 1960 0 0 false Fri Jan 16 02:29:47 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 02:29:51 -0800 2009 42288119 422087 3735697 0786705779 9780786705771 2 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3735697.Destiny_of_Fire 4.40 5 The Cathars were a Christian sect that believed in an ongoing cosmic struggle between the realm of spirit, which was pure, & the realm of matter, which was corrupt. They rejected many worldly things, lived celibate non-materialistic lives of simplicity & had but one prayer: The Our Father. In their devotion to reaching a state of communion with otherworldliness, Cathars defied the riches & regimentation of the Catholic Church.
In the Crusade declared against this religion, which at its height numbered into the hundreds of thousands & was spreading into all corners of Christendom, the Church promised riches & forgiveness of sins for any who rose up & slaughtered Cathars wherever they were to be found: men, women, children. The ensuing violence directed against these people makes for a tragic tale. Oldenbourg spares us no detail of the cruel savagery of the holocaust. Scarcely any of her many characters, Cathars of all ages & walks of life, escape tragic ends. She also does a superlative job of detailing exactly what they believed & how they exercised those beliefs in day-to-day existence. Her novel is a plausible & interesting picture of a time & locale in the Medieval world.
If after reading Destiny of Fire, you find yourself wondering why it is this genocide of perhaps a million human beings is so little known today, consider the explanation in the opening of this review, but also know that for centuries the Catholic Church imposed a gag order that mandating that any mention of the Cathars must condemn them as heretical practitioners of anti-Christian evil, & any reference to the "Holy War" against them must be made in the form of praise at the righteousness of the Church's actions. Oldenbourg does history a fine service in writing this well-researched novel. --Ellie Reasoner (edited)]]> 1960 0 0 false Wed Jan 07 18:24:01 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 18:24:01 -0800 2009 37105818 1282458 3735697 0786705779 9780786705771 2 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3735697.Destiny_of_Fire 4.40 5 The Cathars were a Christian sect that believed in an ongoing cosmic struggle between the realm of spirit, which was pure, & the realm of matter, which was corrupt. They rejected many worldly things, lived celibate non-materialistic lives of simplicity & had but one prayer: The Our Father. In their devotion to reaching a state of communion with otherworldliness, Cathars defied the riches & regimentation of the Catholic Church.
In the Crusade declared against this religion, which at its height numbered into the hundreds of thousands & was spreading into all corners of Christendom, the Church promised riches & forgiveness of sins for any who rose up & slaughtered Cathars wherever they were to be found: men, women, children. The ensuing violence directed against these people makes for a tragic tale. Oldenbourg spares us no detail of the cruel savagery of the holocaust. Scarcely any of her many characters, Cathars of all ages & walks of life, escape tragic ends. She also does a superlative job of detailing exactly what they believed & how they exercised those beliefs in day-to-day existence. Her novel is a plausible & interesting picture of a time & locale in the Medieval world.
If after reading Destiny of Fire, you find yourself wondering why it is this genocide of perhaps a million human beings is so little known today, consider the explanation in the opening of this review, but also know that for centuries the Catholic Church imposed a gag order that mandating that any mention of the Cathars must condemn them as heretical practitioners of anti-Christian evil, & any reference to the "Holy War" against them must be made in the form of praise at the righteousness of the Church's actions. Oldenbourg does history a fine service in writing this well-researched novel. --Ellie Reasoner (edited)]]> 1960 4 0 false Fri Nov 07 07:17:24 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 09 14:32:16 -0800 2009 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3735697