Brethren (Version 2)
Author: first_name: H. Rider
last_name: Haggard
Language: English
Year: 1904

A tale of love, romance and chivalry set amongst the backdrop of the climactic months before the opening of the Kings' Crusade.  Two English knights are in love with the same maiden.  Their devotion and bravery is tested when their beloved is kidnapped against her will and taken to Palestine and eventually to the court of the famous Muslim leader, Saladin.
  - Summary by Elroi Shelley