The Leper Crown

Fülszöveg

George Morgan graduated fom Amherst College and received an M.A. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. After serving in the U.S. Military he spent the next two decades as an actor in roles from Aescjdus to Putney Swope to M.A.S.H. After extensive travels in Europe and the Middle East he opted for the twelfth century, the flambouyant Plantagenets, and their less famous but equally turbulent eastern cousins, the Kings and Queens of Jerusalem.
Mr. Morgan is a member of the Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem, and lives in a fortified dwelling on the island of Marthas Vinyard. He is presendy completing a History of "William of Tyre and the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, 1099-1187, a chronicle of that colorfiil but unhappy era, midway in the endlessly violent culture-collision between East and West.
"Exacting in its historical accuracy, poignant in its human aspects, and thrilling in its batde scenes, this fascinating tale is as relevant today— and... Tovább

Fülszöveg

George Morgan graduated fom Amherst College and received an M.A. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. After serving in the U.S. Military he spent the next two decades as an actor in roles from Aescjdus to Putney Swope to M.A.S.H. After extensive travels in Europe and the Middle East he opted for the twelfth century, the flambouyant Plantagenets, and their less famous but equally turbulent eastern cousins, the Kings and Queens of Jerusalem.
Mr. Morgan is a member of the Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem, and lives in a fortified dwelling on the island of Marthas Vinyard. He is presendy completing a History of "William of Tyre and the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, 1099-1187, a chronicle of that colorfiil but unhappy era, midway in the endlessly violent culture-collision between East and West.
"Exacting in its historical accuracy, poignant in its human aspects, and thrilling in its batde scenes, this fascinating tale is as relevant today— and tomorrow—as it was centuries ago."
— Evan H. Rhodes, author oi An Army of Children and The Prince of Central Park
n 1174 Baldwin FV ascended the throne of the Kingdom \ of Jerusalem. He was thirteen and among the brightest, I ablest and most courageous of his generation. And he was about to fall in love. He was also a leper. As the dreaded disease consumed his body and threatened both mind and spirit, Baldwin faced another enemy, equally relendess and just as deadly: Saladin, Lord of Syria and Egypt, absolute ruler of millions surrounding the tiny kingdom. The Great Sultan was sworn to restore the Holy Land to Islam and drive every infidel from its shores. Baldwin would meet him twice, first in peace, then in mortal combat. Vissza