Crusade, In Exile, Vows, Scribe

I've just finished reading Pagan's Scribe by Catherine Jinks (see this blog entry for more) . I went on a binge last week when I re-read the first three books, then read Pagan's Scribe. The first two books have a few slightly weepy moments, but the second two - in each one, there were about ten pages where I read, and cried, and generally made a mess of myself. I was fascinated by the morally ambiguous Lord Jordan in Pagan's Scribe. The events toward the end of the book, Pagan's response to those events, and Jordan's response to Pagan's response - fascinating, and well done by Jinks. And this book made me check out a book on the Albigensian Crusade, which means it's educational as well as entertaining!