Shadow of the Swords by Kamran Pasha5/9/2023 ![]() ![]() Conrad is now the leader of the small group of Christians encamped on the coast-once Richard helps him retake Jerusalem, he expects to rule that city. Maimonides’ niece Miriam has been his ward ever since she narrowly escaped death at the hands of brutal Frankish marquis Conrad, who, years before, brutally raped and killed her mother before her eyes. ![]() Maimonides, rabbi, physician and renowned author of religious and philosophical treatises, serves as Saladin’s doctor and most trusted confidant. Richard, a ruthless warrior still battling rumors that he is homosexual, is a virulent anti-Semite and shows no compunction about slaughtering women and children in the course of his campaigns. ![]() ![]() Back in England, young king Richard the Lionheart vows to retake Jerusalem for the Cross and for his own self-aggrandizement. Saladin manages to beat the Christians back to a small coastal encampment, where he keeps them contained. Saladin, a charismatic sultan of humble Kurdish origins, succeeds in the nearly impossible task of driving out the Christian Franks from Jerusalem, where they have ruled for decades after conquering the city with their trademark ferocious barbarity. TV writer turned novelist Pasha offers this miniseries-ready recapitulation of the Third Crusade. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |