num_pages: 672
description: In the year 1202 tens of thousands of crusaders gather in Venice preparing to embark for Jerusalem to free the Holy City from Muslim rule. Among them is a lowly vagabond Briton rescued from damnation by a pious knight who burns with zealous fire for their sacred undertaking. And so they set sail along with dedicated companionsand with a beautiful mysterious Arab princess whom the vagabond liberates from a brutish merchant. But the divine light guiding their righteous campaign soon darkens as the mission sinks ever deeper into catastrophe disgrace and moral turpitudeas Christians murder Christians in the Adriatic port city of Zara tragic events are set in motion that will ultimately lead to the shocking and shameful fall of Constantinople. Impeccably researched and beautifully told Nicole Galland's Crossed is a stunning tale of the disastrous Fourth Crusadeand of the hopeful brave and driven who were caught up in and irrevocably changed by a corrupted cause and a furious battle beyond their comprehension or control.
language: English
title: Crossed
publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks