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The True Crusade - A Novel by Ray France-Coe

Benedict sets out for the crusades, to help the mighty Lionheart, King Richard I, liberate Jerusalem, and soon realises that he needs to grow from a boy to a man in a short space of time, We follow his adventures as the Third Crusade becomes a reality, glamourous and exciting, yet at times squalid and dangerous.

We meet the king and his barons, the pilgrims and camp followers, the beautiful aristocratic ladies and the lowly peasant girls, and above all the enemy and in particular, the evil Comnenus, self styled Emperor of Cyprus.

The Eventful and hazardous journey across Southern Europe in the close company of King Richard and the powerful Crusader Knights becomes Benedict's own personal crusade to find his identity, his future and his true beliefs.