About the book: 2004 / The story of the “executioner of Languedoc” Count Simon de Montfort, whose directness and honesty brought upon him only the hatred of his friends and the curses of his enemies. Gathered in The Holy Land fought with the Saracens, the Latin army of the Franks ended up in Venice. It was necessary to pay for the construction of ships, food and transportation, and the Venetian Duke offered the soldiers of Simon de Montfort the role of mercenaries.