In twelfth-century England, after his master, a maker of coins for the king, is brutally punished for alleged cheating, seventeen-year-old Edmund finds himself traveling to the Holy Land as squire to a knight crusader on his way to join the forces of Richard Lionheart.
Explores the 300 year era of the Crusades, examining the origins of the conflict, each crusade, and the lives of key figures of the period, including Saladin, Richard I, El Cid, Mehemet II and others.
Presents the controversial argument that the Crusades were a justified war against Muslim terror and aggression and reviews the history of the seven major crusades from 1095 to 1291.
Describes the Knight Templars, a military organization, between 1120 and 1312 A.D. Focuses on their religious belief that they were fighting on God's behalf and protecting pilgrims and settlers in the Holy Land. Also examines the Templars motivations for becoming part of the order and how they trained and fought in battle.
Two friends, Peter and John, are caught on opposing sides of the war between the crusading Catholic Knights and the heretic city of B?ziers in 1209, and they embark on separate quests to uncover a secret that could change the world.
In twelfth-century Jerusalem, orphaned sixteen-year-old Pagan is assigned to work for Lord Roland, a Templar knight, as Saladin's armies close in on the Holy City.
Elvina, the unusual granddaughter of renowned Jewish rabbi Solomon ben Isaac, who prefers studying and writing to activities considered respectable for girls, takes a great risk by helping a young boy who has run away from a group of Christian Crusaders in eleventh century Troyes, France.
