Soldier of Crusade: A Crusades Novel - Paperback

by David Donachie (Author)

Volume #2 in the Crusades trilogy. Bohemund and his nephew head east to the lands of the Byzantine Empire as part of the greatest military expedition of medieval times: the Papal Crusade. But the Normans never pass into a new territory without an eye to the notion of gaining land and power, and this is no exception. Meanwhile, on his own mission to wrest land for himself, the wily emperor Comnenus will play the deciding role in Bohemund's story.

Author Biography

David Donachie (1944-2023) was born in Edinburgh. He always had an abiding interest in military history, including ancient Rome, the Middle Ages, the British navy of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and the clandestine services during the Second World War. He had more than fifty published novels to his credit, with over a million combined sales. David lived in Deal, the historic English seaport on the border of the English Channel and the North Sea.