The Crusader's Glory
(2025)(The fourth book in the Tales of the Brotherhood series)
A novel by James Mercer
1216. The civil war between the barons and King John Softsword has torn apart the kingdom that was England. While John and his army of foreign mercenaries pursue King Alexander back north to Scotland, destroying and plundering as they go, the rebel barons have built a new alliance and shockingly offered the throne to another.
Fearing excommunication, King Philip Augustus of France will not participate in the chaos across the channel. However, his son and heir, Prince Louis, of House Capet, tired of living in his father’s shadow, accepts the proposition by the rebel barons and prepares his campaign to take the English throne and destroy the Plantagenet bloodline for good.
Afraid and ill-prepared, John Softsword turns to the man known to many as the true protector of the realm and the greatest knight in all the land, Sir William Marshal. Amongst the earl’s small collection of loyalist allies are Sir Robert of Spurling and the Commander Reynard Sancerre, knights of The Brotherhood of the Sacred Shroud, who have agreed to stand with Marshal against the French assailants.
However, within the invading army of Louis, the merciless Order of the Blooded Cross and its Grand Master lie in wait, willing to do anything to get the power and influence they desperately desire.
As well as the rip-roaring adventures of Robert and Commander Reynard, The Crusader’s Glory gives a detailed and accurate account of the events during the First Barons rebellion. Starting with the landing of Louis Capet and his army, the action moves to the indomitable royal strongholds of Dover and Lincoln, the Battle of Lincoln Fair, and the naval Battle of the Dover Straight.
It also tells the story of how one of the greatest documents in all of history, a document still influencing daily life in Great Britain today, came into being – the Magna Carta.
Genre: Historical
Fearing excommunication, King Philip Augustus of France will not participate in the chaos across the channel. However, his son and heir, Prince Louis, of House Capet, tired of living in his father’s shadow, accepts the proposition by the rebel barons and prepares his campaign to take the English throne and destroy the Plantagenet bloodline for good.
Afraid and ill-prepared, John Softsword turns to the man known to many as the true protector of the realm and the greatest knight in all the land, Sir William Marshal. Amongst the earl’s small collection of loyalist allies are Sir Robert of Spurling and the Commander Reynard Sancerre, knights of The Brotherhood of the Sacred Shroud, who have agreed to stand with Marshal against the French assailants.
However, within the invading army of Louis, the merciless Order of the Blooded Cross and its Grand Master lie in wait, willing to do anything to get the power and influence they desperately desire.
As well as the rip-roaring adventures of Robert and Commander Reynard, The Crusader’s Glory gives a detailed and accurate account of the events during the First Barons rebellion. Starting with the landing of Louis Capet and his army, the action moves to the indomitable royal strongholds of Dover and Lincoln, the Battle of Lincoln Fair, and the naval Battle of the Dover Straight.
It also tells the story of how one of the greatest documents in all of history, a document still influencing daily life in Great Britain today, came into being – the Magna Carta.
Genre: Historical
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