Thanks to the stratagems of Bohemund de Hauteville leader of the Apulian Normans the Crusade has taken the city of Antioch and just in time. Once the besiegers Bohemund and his men are about to become the besieged - a huge Turkish-led army commanded by the fearsome General Kerbogha is fast approaching. Provisions are desperately needed but the surrounding countryside is near barren and the storerooms of Antioch much depleted. The Crusaders will not hold out for long without falling prey to starvation. _x000D_For Bohemund and his nephew Tancred there is another difficulty: the dissent between the Crusade leaders has broken out into the open. If the Christian host is fighting on two fronts so is Bohemund himself. With the enemy Turks at his front and his warring peers at his back can he gain the mighty city of Antioch once and for all?
Jack Ludlow is the pen name of writer David Donachie, who was born in Edinburgh in 1944. He has had a variety of jobs, selling everything from business machines to soap. He has always had an abiding i... more