Author: Michael Cadnum
Year: 2000
Rank:
Rating:
Original Rating:
Pop Rating:
Genres/categories:
Historical fiction, Young adult, Adventure, War/Military
Purchase/reserch links:
ISBNs:
9780142300343
0142300349 |
| 
A National Book Award nominee!
Returning to the same era of his "In a Dark Wood", Cadnum's majestic novel--part mystery, part history--chronicles the pageantry and brutality of the Crusades under King Richard.
Edmund, a young apprentice, is awaiting punishment as a counterfeiter when a knight intervenes on his behalf--and compels Edmund to join Richard Lionheart's forces in the Holy Land. There, amidst the savagery of the twelfth-century Crusades, Edmund learns both courage and compassion, and discovers that cruelty is sometimes considered the will of Heaven. Set in medieval England and the war-torn shores of the Middle East, Cadnum's tale weaves together a rich tapestry of storms at sea, the brutality of hand-to-hand combat, and one of the classic horse and lance battles in recorded history--the Battle of Arsuf.
This book is part of the "Crusader Trilogy" series. Here are some other books from this series:
|
