Friday, October 14, 2011

Medieval Pole Dance

For those of you who live near or close to the pulsing center of the universe, please be informed that you are cordially invited to a reading/lecture to be given by me in Providence at Books on the Square, at 7 p.m. on Thursday, October 20.

I will be talking about my new book “The Friar of Carcassonne: Revolt Against the Inquisition in the Last Days of the Cathars.” So far reaction has been fairly postive to this latest histo-excursion of mine; I invite you to visit my website – stephenosheaonline.com – for more information on the book.

Suffice to say that it’s a tale told by a fool for history, full of ephemeral victories and changes of fortunes, peopled by malevolent inquisitors, venomous courtiers, and one very very brave man: Brother Bernard Délicieux.

It ends badly. That’s because it’s a true story.