Book 1998
A troubadour's testament
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- Publisher
- Shambhala
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998
- Ficción
- Fiction
- Manuscripts, Medieval
- Manuscritos medievales
- Medieval Manuscripts
- Novela histórica
- Troubadours
- Trovadores
In a small town in southwestern France, among the relics and historical papers in the local museum, a writer uncovers an unusual scroll dating back to the twelfth century. The document is the work of a renowned troubadour named Marcebru, and it eulogizes the great love of his life, a beautiful young nun named Amedee de Jois.
Marcebru's poignant tribute inspires the writer on a pilgrimage through the Provencal countryside - retracing the troubadour's steps eight centuries earlier - in an attempt to unravel the mystery surrounding Amedee's untimely death. In the process, the writer discovers a land steeped in the distant past, a history rich with esoteric philosophies, religious conflict, and the belief in the transformative ideal of perfect love.