Grant, K. M. White Heat
Walker & Co 2009 260p 16.99 978-0-8027-9695-0 ms/hs Raimon, having escaped being burned as a heretic, gives up the search for his lover, Yolanda, and joins Sir Parsifal in the Occitan rebellion against the French takeover of Languedoc. Book 2 of the Perfect Fire Trilogy concentrates more on the characters than the historical conflict. Grant weaves the historical fact of the century Albigensian crusade into the fiber of this seemingly doomed love story. Raimon, gives up searching for Yolanda, and agrees to help Sir Parsifal, the Keeper of the Blue Flame to fight against the French forces trying to take over Languedoc (Occitan). Yolanda, in the meantime, fearing Raimon dead, is taken off to Paris, where she agrees to marry Sir Hugh des Arcis. Sir Hugh turns out to be a much kinder character than he seemed in The Blue Flame, and this change sets up a love triangle, and a showdown for the third book in the trilogy. The characters become stronger in this volume, and the dangers of the rebellion, Raimon’s trials and Yolanda’s ambiguity make for a thrilling and compelling ride back to the 13th century. Well-researched, well-told story that will keep readers of the first volume eagerly awaiting the third and final volume in the trilogy. This volume can stand on its own, but readers will want to go back and read the first volume. Historical Naismith, Pat
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