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Fiction. Thriller. Historical Fiction. HTML:The tale of a journey that will shape the world for centuries to come... France, 1096. Crowds gather in Sens to hear the man known as the Hermit speak. He talks of a great pilgrimage to Jerusalem, a quest filled with promise for those Christian soldiers who march with him.Sybille knows the perils of the road ahead, but follow it she must. Her husband is a reckless gambler, easily swayed by the Hermit's words.
For Odo, the pilgrimage provides the show more chance to demonstrate his unshakeable piety, while his brother Fulk craves adventure and excitement.
Jeanne and Guillemette have been mistreated by the men in their life but this is their chance for redemption and a brighter future. But life on the road for two women alone will be full of perils...
As the lines between love and hate, virtue and sin, good and evil become blurred, each must survive as best they can. Who will live to reach the holy city, and will the sacrifices they make to get there be worth the price they all must pay?
The first instalment in a scintillating new series on the crusades, ideal for fans of Bernard Cornwell and Conn Iggulden.
Praise for Pilgrim's War 'This will delight existing fans and bring many more to the fold' Manda Scott
'Classic Jecks – and that's as good as it gets' Susanna Gregory
'Vivid imagination and gripping prose' Anthony Riches
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In Northern France a Hermit speaks the the people and they listen. He preaches of a crusade to recapture the Holy City from the Saracen infidel and thousands follow him across Europe. Some are soldiers but many are simple people because this is 1096 and the crusade is not a military campaign but a religious one. Amongst the masses are Odo and Fulk, brothers eager for adventure, and the prostitutes of Sens. A knight is eager to win fortune and others follow their masters but as they approach edge of the Christian world they have to prepare themselves for deprivation and death.
Jecks is a good writer of populist historical novels with a somewhat war-focused bent. This does contain the hallmark violent and descriptive combat scenes but show more there is also a little more of the storytelling. It is supposedly the start of a new series and the multi-character narrative has set the stage for sequels. show less
Jecks is a good writer of populist historical novels with a somewhat war-focused bent. This does contain the hallmark violent and descriptive combat scenes but show more there is also a little more of the storytelling. It is supposedly the start of a new series and the multi-character narrative has set the stage for sequels. show less
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Michael Jecks was born in Surrey, United Kingdom in 1960. He worked as a computer salesman for thirteen years before becoming a full-time author of medieval murder mysteries. His first book, The Last Templar, was published in 1994. Most of his books are either based on Dartmoor legends or on actual events recorded in Coroner's Rolls or the Crown show more Pleas of the Devon Eyre. He writes the Knights Templar series as well as The Medieval Murderers with Bernard Knight, Ian Morsen, Susannah Gregory, and Phillip Gooden. In 2007, his twenty-first novel, The Death Ship of Dartmouth was short-listed for the Theakston's Old Peculier prize for the best crime novel of the year. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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