The Count Of Chartres: The Reluctant Crusader

Told by an aging chronicler, Fulcher of Chartres, to Bernard of Clairvaux, the tale follows Count Stefan who is pressured into joining the crusade by his wife, Adela, daughter of William the Conqueror. Along the way, he falls in love with a princess. At the same time, the peasants, led by the fiery Peter the Monk, embark on a pilgrimage that ends in disaster. But Addie, a peasant woman, survives, saving her family by using her wits. A chance encounter with "the reluctant crusader" saves his life and allows him to reach Jerusalem to say his vows. The Count of Chartres reveals the atrocities of the First Crusade, while at the same time, lifts up the indomitable nature of the human spirit and that most powerful of forces, love. 9780989789028 0989789020 594 BOOK Fiction NOT_MATURE http://books.google.com/books/content?id=nejPrQEACAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&source=gbs_api en

• | Author: Timothy Merrill
• | Publisher: Mgi
• | Publication Date: Jun 21, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 593 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0989789020
• | ISBN-13: 9780989789028