Beyond the SeaWhat the Wild West was for America in the 19th century, Outremer - Beyond the Sea - was to Europe in the 12th: the wild east, land of opportunity, of warlike adventure, and of terror. The Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem lasted from 1100 to 1187. In that time European noblemen and women came here to do penance in war against the "infidels", to escape the law in their homeland, mostly to seek their fortune. Among the immigrants were also paupers. Niall, a young fugitive from England, was one of those. Our story tells of his rise from destitution to nobility: a major baron in the Kingdom. Niall's sons, Guillaume and Enguerrand, carry the story to its end through rivalry to reconciliation on the eve of the fateful Battle of Hattin, against turmoil, war and intrigue in the Kingdom of Jerusalem. |
Contents
Section 1 | 13 |
Section 2 | 17 |
Section 3 | 24 |
Section 4 | 47 |
Section 5 | 69 |
Section 6 | 78 |
Section 7 | 86 |
Section 8 | 99 |
Section 20 | 236 |
Section 21 | 243 |
Section 22 | 249 |
Section 23 | 254 |
Section 24 | 278 |
Section 25 | 283 |
Section 26 | 300 |
Section 27 | 301 |
Section 9 | 111 |
Section 10 | 119 |
Section 11 | 133 |
Section 12 | 140 |
Section 13 | 151 |
Section 14 | 168 |
Section 15 | 193 |
Section 16 | 198 |
Section 17 | 208 |
Section 18 | 212 |
Section 19 | 230 |
Section 28 | 311 |
Section 29 | 322 |
Section 30 | 335 |
Section 31 | 339 |
Section 32 | 358 |
Section 33 | 363 |
Section 34 | 391 |
Section 35 | 395 |
Section 36 | 405 |
Common terms and phrases
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