Book description
TWO BOYS. TWO FAITHS. ONE UNHOLY WAR ...When Adam's mother dies unconfessed, he pledges to save her soul with dust from the Holy Land. Employed as a dog-boy for the local knight, Adam grabs the chance to join the Crusade to reclaim Jerusalem. He burns with determination to strike down…
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1 author picked Crusade as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Not many books set in the Middle Ages manage to incorporate “contemporary” concerns within their narrative such as racism and identity – but I like this book for doing just that!
With the action moving from England to the Holy Land, this book tells the story of two very different boys – one in the service of an English knight who joins a crusading army to recapture Jerusalem from Muslim armies, the other a doctor’s apprentice who works in the camp of the Muslim commander, Saladin.
A long but absorbing read that I enjoyed for its vivid recreation of the…
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