Jerusalem
by Cecelia Holland
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Set in the Holy Land in A.D. 1187, Jerusalem is an epic of war and political intrigue, of passion and religious fervor.
Rannulf Fitzwilliam is a Knight of the Temple, a thorny warrior-saint under vows of chastity and humility as a penance for his wild, sinful youth. Now a hardened veteran, he has little use for the politics of Church and Crown. But Rannulf has been drawn into the councils of Baudouin, the young King of Jerusalem, and his sister and heir, Sybilla. Through his eyes we see the tale unfold.
Saladin has gathered a huge army and is pressing the Crusader kingdom closely. King Baudouin is a leper, suspected of being cursed by God, yet blessed with miraculous success in battle under the banner of the Church. And Sybilla is a scandal, a widow who refuses to marry again and who intends to rule alone when her time shall come.
Jerusalem is a window on another time, when two great cultures and religions were in mortal conflict; when Christianity and Islam fought for lands and cities, not merely souls.
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Fiction, Crusades, History, Historical fiction, Middle Ages, Jerusalem, fiction, Fiction, historical, general, Crusades, fictionPlaces
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"A Tom Doherty Associates book."
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