Holy Warrior by Angus Donald

A gritty, fast-paced historical tale narrated by a young minstrel who becomes entangled with an outlaw band and is swept from the greenwood of England across war-torn Europe to the contested holy places of the Crusades; he witnesses sieges, ambushes and courtly treachery and is forced to reconcile loyalty, love and conscience as the group's ferocious fight for survival raises painful questions about faith, honor and the true cost of violence.

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