The Black Rood (The Celtic Crusades) - Hardcover

Lawhead, Steve

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0061050342 ISBN 13: 9780061050343

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2000

Synopsis

In the second book in the exciting Celtic Crusades series, Murdo and his family search for a piece of the cross of Christ.

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From the Back Cover:

From the best-selling author of The Iron Lance comes part two in Stephen Lawhead’s epic Celtic Crusades trilogy.

The Great Crusade is over and long forgotten, or so thinks Duncan, son of Murdo—until his uncle, scarred and bitter from his years in the Holy Land, returns home to die. With him come tales of treasure beyond all imagining—and of a relic even holier than the revered Iron Lance. The Black Rood—the prayer-worn, blood-stained remnant of the True Cross—had led the Crusaders to their greatest victory before it mysteriously disappeared.

The Rood and its power mean as much to the Celé Dé, the ancient faith, as to papal Christendom. And in the wake of a shattering loss, Duncan sets sail on his own pilgrimage to the East, following the steps his father took to Byzantium long ago. Accompanied by a disobedient vassal and a most impious monk, he follows the White Priest on a road known to few and deadly to all but the pure in heart.

Steeped in heroism, mystery, and the lure of lost treasure, The Black Rood continues the epic trilogy of a Scottish noble family during the age of the Crusades.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0061050342
• ISBN 13: 9780061050343
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 437