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Condition: Como nuevo. : En el año del Señor de 1275, en el monasterio de Santes Creus, España, el hermano Lucas, un monje venal y moderadamente confiable, es puesto a cargo de un exorcismo. Su antiguo compañero acólito, el aristócrata Francisco de Montcada, ha regresado de las Cruzadas poseído por demonios. A medida que Francisco sale de su posesión, comienza a contar la historia de su cruzada: cómo se propuso liberar el alma de su hermano muerto, perdido en el mar antes de que pudiera llegar a Tierra Santa; su feroz amistad con su primo Andrés, un poderoso guerrero con un corazón honesto; su intenso amor por la hermana de Andrés, Isabel; los altos ideales de Ramón, su comandante endurecido por la batalla; y la amoral crueldad del pérfido Don Fernando, un noble que se deleita en ejecutar a mujeres y niños musulmanes. Los cruzados ganan una gran batalla en Torón, recuperándola del Infiel, pero en la gigantesca fortaleza Krak des Chevaliers, la clave de la posición cristiana en Tierra Santa, los sarracenos han sitiado. En la feroz batalla para defender la fortaleza, Francisco lo perderá todo, incluyendo, a menos que el turbio Bruther Lucas tenga éxito, su alma inmortal. 'The Crusader es una novela maravillosamente elaborada de caballeros, tortura, romance, fervor religioso, votos, búsquedas, asedios y villanía, contada por un autor que sabe cómo hacer que la historia cobre vida brillante. EAN: 9780385502818 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Historia Título: The Crusader Autor: Michael Alexander Eisner Editorial: Doubleday Idioma: en Páginas: 336 Formato: tapa dura.

Paperback. Condition: Good. None. Outline:- Publisher`s Synopsis Thrilling grittily real historical novel set during one of the mo; Set during the late 13th century when Christian Europe once again sought to prise the Holy Land and the jewel at its heart - Jerusalem - out of the grasp of the Infidel `The Crusader` tells the story of one of the last and bloodiest crusades as experienced by a young Spanish nobleman Francisco Montcada. He is the hero of the novel but his story is recounted by a former friend of his a somewhat self-aggrandizing and ambitious Cistercian monk Brother Lucas. Francisco has returned from the Levant a broken and seemingly possessed man. Now under the jurisdiction of the Inquisition it falls to Brother Lucas to exorcise his tortured soul. Horrified and repelled by the condition in which he finds Francisco - in chains emaciated filthy mad and utterly silent the monk begins to coax the once-impassioned young man`s story out of Lucas` increasingly questioning eyes and ears we learn of Francisco`s story of how he took up the Cross in order to redeem his beloved brother`s memory and how instead of the glory and redemption he so earnestly believed he would find at the gates of Jerusalem he came face to face with the fear and the fury the horror and the bloodshed of one of the most ignominious and brutal adventures ever undertaken in the name of the Year of Our Lord the latter half of the thirteenth century Christian Europe once more sought to prise the Holy Land out of the grasp of the Infidel. Tens of thousands took up the Cross. Some for the greater glory of God others for baser motives - driven by lust for power for riches for revenge. Here then is the story of the seventh and last Crusade as experienced by a young Spanish nobleman Francisco de Montcada. And while Francisco is the hero of this novel his tale is told by his former friend and fellow acolyte a venal and moderately trustworthy Cistercian monk named Brother Lucas. For Francisco has returned from the Levant a broken and seemingly possessed Inquisition decree that his tortured soul be exorcized and the task falls to Brother Lucas. Eschewing the Inquisition`s more usual methods the monk sits with the silent emaciated knight in his cell and talks to him. Slowly tentatively Francisco begins to tell his story: of how he set out to free the soul of his dead brother; of the fierce friendship with his cousin Andres and his love for that great warrior`s sister Isabel; of his fellow knights - his noble battle-hardened commander Ramon and the treacherous Don Fernando; of the heady triumph of the battle of Toron and the courageous but ultimately doomed defence of the great crusader castle of Krak des Chevaliers. It is the story of how an honourable man found not the glory and redemption for which he`d yearned but instead unimaginable cruelty barbarism and bloodshed. Set against a thrillingly recreated historical backdrop this rousing wonderfully crafted novel of religious fervour and human passions of greed and betrayal and love and war brings an extraordinary tumultuous era brilliantly to life.-> the publisher of this PAPERBACK book is Doubleday The date of this copy is 2002 booksalvation have grade it as Good and it will be shipped from our UK warehouse This book is from the Series. Shipping is Free for UK buyers and at a reasonable charge for buyer outside the UK. null. Book.

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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Leta Pane 1275, klaster Santes Creus, Spanelsko. Mnich Lucas je poveren, aby se pokusil vylecit sveho nekdejsiho pritele Francisca, ktery se vratil z krizove vypravy udajne posedly dablem. Lucas dlouho tape - z drive obdivovaneho slechtice Francisca je nyni lidska troska, ktera odmita jist, pit i mluvit. Trva dlouho, nez se Francisco konecne rozpovida. Pred Lucasovyma ocima ozivaji obrazy, kterym se nechce verit - maji pramalo spolecneho s uslechtilosti, kterou krestanstvo pricita krizovym vypravam. Francisuv pribeh vypravi o lidech, kteri plni idealu a predstav o osobni cti pozvedli kriz, jen aby ve Svate zemi zjistili, ze jejich nejhorsim nepritelem nejsou neverici, ale zrada a podlost ve vlastnich radach. Lucas netusi, ze i jemu osud chysta roli primeho ucastnika Francisova zivotniho dramatu.

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Rústica. Condition: Bien. Dust Jacket Condition: Bien. 1. LIBRO.

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