Crusaders

by Gary Robert Muschla

France, 1095. Sixteen-year-old Robert is at Clermont, where Pope Urban II calls upon Christians to liberate the Holy Land from the Muslim Turks. At the Council, Robert meets the Count of Sarvaux, and his lovely daughter, Eleanor. Robert vows to liberate Jerusalem, joins with Count Edgard's group and trains for war with them. They set out on what will be known as the first crusade. Edgard's party journeys to Cologne to join thousands of warriors and pilgrims under Peter the Hermit, who will lead them to the Holy Land. Battles and killings along the way prompt Robert and Eleanor to question their feelings about God and about each other. In the Dracon Valley, their army is destroyed, but not before Edgard orders Robert to retreat and save Eleanor, who is back at the Christian camp.

Hardcover

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Gary Robert Muschla has been a teacher and author of numerous resource books for teachers, parents, and students, some of which he coauthored with his wife and daughter. He also writes historical and contemporary romances.