There, the knights experienced a side of crusading life they had not encountered before. Although the town itself had been destroyed by the Saracens, the orchards and suburban gardens had been left. The trees were heavy with fruit, and flowers filled the air with rich and exotic scents. Richard o...
We couldn’t even run without leaving behind the mother and her children, to say nothing of our belongings. All we could do was speedily make for the protection of the nearest town. I couldn’t look at Master Chaucer. If he was responsible for the French arriving so soon, that would mean he’d lied ...
Dan tried to barge a way through for Alice, urging her to flee as he took the blows and parried the sword thrusts, but despite his best efforts they were both taken, their hands bound behind their backs and their feet tied together under the horses’ bellies. They were whisked straight to Cantanke...
The winter has stretched out like a long penance with the wet now joining the cold. Progress on the road construction is, some days, impossible. Men are injured by falling stones. They squabble about digging rotations and declare the whole project misconceived. Who can blame them? The skin betwee...
At least one rider was talking and the other had not much choice but to listen. Elric had scarcely paused to draw breath for hours and even Hal’s patience was wearing a little thin. Yet he could hardly be cross. Elric had, after all, saved his life, parrying sword thrusts and blows as best he cou...