Reading and writing

"The novel is an event in consciousness. Our aim isn't to copy actuality, but to modify and recreate our sense of it. The novelist is inviting the reader to watch a performance in his own brain. " - George Buchanan

You can get your copy of my ebook  "Capcir Spring"by clicking HERE if you are in the USA or here if you are in the UK  Thank you

Available in print

The popular novel  Capcir Spring by Jean de Beurre has been published by CreateSpace and is available on Amazon in the UK and USA. 

The ISBN numbers are ISBN-10: 1477574964  ISBN-13: 978-1477574966

In the US you can find the book here.  for just $7.99

In the UK the book can be found here...  for just £5.99

If you have not got a Kindle you can still enjoy this book.

You can get your copy of my ebook  "Capcir Spring"by clicking HERE if you are in the USA or here if you are in the UK  Thank you

Capcir Spring kindle novel - character profiles number 2: John

John is

• forty something years old
• a Roman Catholic priest
• A Jesuit
• who has very human failings 
• is in a remote area of France to think about his vocation
• has been working at a church based counselling centre in the inner city
• is a trained and accredited counsellor
• left catholic school for seminary and has been in the church all his life
• is at a crisis point in his life
• is perceptive and open yet embarassed about his own recent history

You can get your copy of my ebook  "Capcir Spring"by clicking HERE if you are in the USA or here if you are in the UK  Thank you

Character studies number one - Mary

Mary

• Mary is the heroine.
• She is researching the Cathars in the French Pyranean mountains for her academic career. 
• Since the end of her marriage she has devoted herself to historical research and wants to be a professor.
• She is in her 30s, blond, intelligent and many consider her stunningly attractive. 
• She is very sensitive to atmospheres and has a lively imagination. 
• Mary has given up on relationships after the failure of her marriage in a painful and violent way.
• She has seen the church at work from the inside and is suspicious of the motives and actions of the clergy. 
• A single minded determination to become someone known in her own right for her own achievements is deeply embedded in her psyche
• This novel describes how, whilst pursuing her academic goals, her world is turned upside down and the possibility of another future emerges.
• It is a novel which contains intrigue, crime, romance, mystery in a beautiful setting and with a credible historical background based on recent research.
  

You can get your copy of my ebook  "Capcir Spring"by clicking HERE if you are in the USA or here if you are in the UK  Thank you

Capcir Spring the Kindle novel

Mary had her life all planned out. A summer in the French mountains researching the Cathars would be the launch pad for a prestigious academic career.

She was confident that she had had rebuilt her life after the traumatic and violent end to her marriage. But in these peaceful Pyrenean mountains the bloody persecution of the Cathars by the inquisition haunts her dreams. This is made worse when her nightmares mix this violent history with flashbacks to her own painful past.

In this state she discovers a plan that would damage her recently discovered heritage site. There are a group of people who don't want her research to be made public.

John is also staying in the same mountains to escape the painful memories of his failure and loss.

Can these two scarred people help each other and protect the archaeological remains? Who amongst the bizarre range of people that they meet can be trusted? And will they discover the happiness that they have each been seeking for a long time?

Jean de Beurre knows the Capcir plateau well and writes a tightly paced story of mystery and intrigue, tinged with the hope of love. 

You can get a copy of this novel for your Amazon Kindle "by clicking HERE if you are in the USA or here if you are in the UK  Thank you

Capcir in winter

The lovely old village of Les Angles in Capcir in winter.....

You can get your copy of my ebook  "Capcir Spring"by clicking HERE if you are in the USA or here if you are in the UK  Thank you

Iglesiettes

Les Iglesiettes, the place in the hills where in Jean de Beurre's novel "Capcir Spring" Mary discovers Cathar remains really exists

Ruins of an old village near Les Angles. The red building in the back is an old church.

This photo was taken by Adam Fowler on April 8, 2010 in Les Angles, Languedoc-Roussillon, France, using a Canon EOS 500D. It is available to share on Flickr.

You can get your copy of my ebook  "Capcir Spring"by clicking HERE if you are in the USA or here if you are in the UK  Thank you