Books on Living in the Languedoc
The following are books dealing with life in the Languedoc
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Notes from the Languedoc
Rupert Wright
The Daily Mail says "all you ever wanted to know about the Languedoc; this book is a cultural, historical and contemporary tour de force".
So if you value the opinion of the Daily Mail, this is the book for you!
Signs of the Heart: Love and Death in Languedoc
Christopher Hope
Dispatches from French villages, cafes, bars and junk shops of Languedoc which do not describe a rural idyll but a world of rogues and raconteurs, lovers and losers.
Labyrinth
Kate Mosse
A novel, built around the Cathar idea of reincarnation.
Not very good.
Kate Mosse has a maison secondaire near Carcassonne and seems to have picked up a basic understanding of Languedoc history and Cathar theology.
The idea probably comes from Athur Guidham - see below.
We Are One Another: Record of Group Reincarnation
Arthur Guirdham
Guirdham wrote a series of books based on the idea that a number of people then alive (this was in the mid twentieth century) were reincarnated Cathars from the Languedoc, and that some of them could remember their earlier lives.
He did quite a bit of research on the subject and interviewed a number of claimants.
Many people found his theories compelling, but conclusive evidence was never forthcoming. Still this is an interesting read.
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