num_pages: 208
description: A National Book Award nominee!Returning to the same era of his "In a Dark Wood", Cadnum's majestic novel--part mystery, part history--chronicles the pageantry and brutality of the Crusades under King Richard.Edmund, a young apprentice, is awaiting punishment as a counterfeiter when a knight intervenes on his behalf--and compels Edmund to join Richard Lionheart's forces in the Holy Land. There, amidst the savagery of the twelfth-century Crusades, Edmund learns both courage and compassion, and discovers that cruelty is sometimes considered the will of Heaven. Set in medieval England and the war-torn shores of the Middle East, Cadnum's tale weaves together a rich tapestry of storms at sea, the brutality of hand-to-hand combat, and one of the classic horse and lance battles in recorded history--the Battle of Arsuf.
language: English
title: The Book of the Lion
titlecomplete: The Book of the Lion (Crusader Trilogy, #1)
genres: Fiction, Medieval, Young Adult, Historical, Childrens, War, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Adventure, Audiobook
ratings_count: 263
series: Crusader Trilogy
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Young People's Literature
publisher: Puffin Books