Third Crusade under the Jury of Kings

Synopsis

Third Crusade: Under the Jury of Kings (Negotiom Crucies, Chronicles of Crusades No 3) (Negotium Cruces, Chronicle of the Crusades) Jerusalem's down. The echo of his loss goes through the West as an unabated bell blow, calling for kings, princes and knights to conduct the cross and march to the East, where faith has been wounded and honor put to the test. Three crowns responded to his call: Richard of England, Philip of France and Federico Barbaroja, men of power and will, united by an oath that none could fulfill without also facing others. A single man stands up before them but not a minor: Saladin, lord of Egypt and Syria, a prudent ruler and formidable enemy, who has assembled under his banner a world that is no longer ready to give up what it has conquered. From the ashes of Hattin to the walls of Acre, from the pitted plains to the never-open gates of Jerusalem, war unfolds as a clash of armies but as a sign of character, faith and boundaries. The alliances are broken, men are run out, and the cross advances... without reaching the town. That's the chronicle of a great and tragic company, where the greatest of their time faced up to them and to the weight of the impossible. Because not every crusade ends up in victory. And every defeat isn't complete. But some leave a wound that even time can't close.