![]() ![]() This novel is an excellent introduction to the First Crusade. ![]() ![]() Can Bohemond lead the quarrelling factions of the Crusade safely through many miles of hostile territory to the Holy Land – and if the enterprise succeeds, how can he ensure he obtains a share of the spoils? ![]() But despite his military ability, he is a comparatively minor knight among many great lords. When he is set aside in his father’s will in favour of his younger half-brothers, Bohemond’s desire to go east and seek his fortune increases, and the First Crusade offers him his chance. From an early age Bohemond looks eastward to the lands of the Byzantine Empire with a covetous eye. The family are military adventurers, proud of their descent from a Norman knight who came south with little more than his weapons and a horse and carved out a lordship for himself. All the main characters are historical.īohemond is the eldest son of the Norman lord of Apulia in Italy. Edition reviewed: Cassell Military Paperbacks, 2002, ISBN 3-5.Ĭount Bohemond is set in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Near East (roughly the areas of modern Turkey and Syria), and tells the story of the First Crusade in the late eleventh century. ![]()
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