The Templar / Paul Doherty.

By: Doherty, P. CMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Bath : Windsor, 2008Edition: Large print edDescription: 298 p. (large print) ; 24 cmISBN: 9781405687188 (hbk.); 1405687185 (hbk.)Subject(s): Crusades -- First, 1096-1099 -- Fiction | Large print booksGenre/Form: Historical fiction. DDC classification: 823.914 Summary: 1097 and crusading fervour is sweeping Europe. When Pope Urban II calls for the Kingdom of Western Europe to reclaim the Holy Land in the name of Christendom, thousands flock to join up, eager to undertake the greatest pilgrimage of all. Hugh de Payens, his younger sister Eleanor and his close friend Godefroi of St Omer join Count Raymond of Toulouse's army, preparing for an epic journey that will take them across Europe, through glittering Byzantium to Jerusalem. There's a fever of excitement amongst Hugh and the other crusaders - but that's before they know the depth of the hardships, treachery, and bloodshed they will have to endure.
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Originally published: London: Headline, 2007.

1097 and crusading fervour is sweeping Europe. When Pope Urban II calls for the Kingdom of Western Europe to reclaim the Holy Land in the name of Christendom, thousands flock to join up, eager to undertake the greatest pilgrimage of all. Hugh de Payens, his younger sister Eleanor and his close friend Godefroi of St Omer join Count Raymond of Toulouse's army, preparing for an epic journey that will take them across Europe, through glittering Byzantium to Jerusalem. There's a fever of excitement amongst Hugh and the other crusaders - but that's before they know the depth of the hardships, treachery, and bloodshed they will have to endure.

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