Pillars of light
Johnson, Jane, 1960-2022
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In the Syrian city of Akka, Nathanael, a young Jewish doctor, and a Muslim girl called Zohra are about to fall in love. But Saladin's army has just taken Jerusalem, and soon their own city will be engulfed by war. Meanwhile in England, John Savage, a foundling boy, runs away from his cruel priory life with the Moor, a mysterious man driven by a dream of perfection. They join a band of conmen travelling through the English countryside, faking religious miracles for cash, until they are recruited into Richard the Lionheart's army and sent to regain the Latin Kingdom from the infidel. Akka awaits. It will be the site of the greatest - and cruellest - siege of its time. But even in the midst of war, lover find ways to make transactions of beauty.
Main title:
Pillars of light / Jane Johnson.
Author:
Johnson, Jane, 1960-, author
Imprint:
London : Head of Zeus, 2022.
Collation:
469 pages : map (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
"An Apollo book."Originally published: Preston: UCLan Publishing, 2017.
ISBN:
9781803282268 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
823.92
Language:
English
Related title:
Pillars of Light [electronic resource]
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BRN:
493168
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