Follow a young knight into the First Crusades—and up to the citadel of Jerusalem itself—with the best historical novel to tackle that epic story. Impoverished and na�靶e, during the three-year
journey Roger discovers the wide chasm between war as celebrated by troubadours and its grisly reality. “Duggan looks upon the past with a connoisseur’s relish of villainy and violence...an
extremely gifted writer who can move into an unknown period and give it life and immediacy.” —New York Times.