A brilliant and moving novel set in 13th Century Cathar France.
Christopher Bland is a former Chairman of the BBC, BT and the Royal Shakespeare Company. He is Anglo-Irish and married with a son and four stepchildren. His first novel, ASHES IN THE WIND, was published by Head of Zeus in 2014.
Bland skilfully blends history with the engrossing story... The
novel is rich in meticulous historical detail and background but it
never interferes with the emotional pull of the story... This is
one of the very best historical novels I've read this year'
*For Winters Nights*
Beautifully descriptive and fast-paced, the story keeps a vice-like
grip on readers
*France Magazine*
A fascinating period... Bland has crafted a page-turning tale'
*The Times*
This harrowing and moving novel spares the reader none of the
horror and tragedy of events and captures this violent, tireless
and merciless crusade
*Sunday Express*
Moving and compelling historical fiction
*The Bookseller*
The talent of some people never fails to amaze me... Christopher
Bland has produced a splendid historical novel that has managed to
enthral me for all of its 338 pages'
*newbooks, 5 stars*
A fast-moving, well-told, and honest novel
*Historical Novels Review*
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