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... Crusade had been . Jerusalem , the common fief of all Christendom , had fallen into the hands of the Moslems again in ... crusaders who had left to recapture Jerusalem seized Constantinople instead . When the news reached the West people ...
... Crusade had been . Jerusalem , the common fief of all Christendom , had fallen into the hands of the Moslems again in ... crusaders who had left to recapture Jerusalem seized Constantinople instead . When the news reached the West people ...
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... crusaders guilty of using forces meant for liberating the Holy Land to seize a Christian city . Some of the crusaders returned to Europe , having refused to take part in such a doubtful venture . One of them , the mighty baron Simon de ...
... crusaders guilty of using forces meant for liberating the Holy Land to seize a Christian city . Some of the crusaders returned to Europe , having refused to take part in such a doubtful venture . One of them , the mighty baron Simon de ...
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... crusaders . But letters came soon enough from the East that confirmed it . The worst had happened . The splendid Christian army had been annihilated . The victors of Damietta lay dead on the banks of the Nile or else - scarcely better ...
... crusaders . But letters came soon enough from the East that confirmed it . The worst had happened . The splendid Christian army had been annihilated . The victors of Damietta lay dead on the banks of the Nile or else - scarcely better ...
Contents
Prologue | 9 |
BLANCHES HERITAGE | 47 |
THE REALM OF THE FLEURDELIS | 90 |
Copyright | |
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