num_pages: 370
description: Durandal -- one of the greatest epics of heroic fiction ever written -- has been an influence upon and model for a score or more tales of swordplay and adventure. Durandal, the fabled sword of history and legend, somehow found its way into the Near-East after the death of Roland, knight of Charlemagne.The tale of two Crusaders whose band of 800 has been betrayed by the Christian Emperor Theodore and butchered by the Turks.
language: English
title: Durandal: A Crusader in the Horde
titlecomplete: Durandal: A Crusader in the Horde
genres: Fiction, Fantasy, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 32
series: Sir Hugh of Taranto trilogy
publisher: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc.