The Tilecutter's Penny
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from the bestselling author of The Circle and the Cross comes Caiseal Mor's best novel yet Ranging from the lush beauty of eleventh-century Ireland to the dangerous secrets of a desert fortress, this magnificent new novel set in the time of the Crusades will attract even more readers to this very special author. Caiseal's previous novels have brilliantly blended elements of history, adventure, legend and magic. In The Tilecutter's Penny all these elements are again strikingly in evidence, in a remarkable story that combines the ancient legends of the Holy Grail with a story of courage, love and intrigue. It is the time when the Normans ruled Ireland. In the Holy Land far to the east, the city of Jerusalem is fought over by Crusaders and Saracens. Among the Crusaders are the holy orders of the mysterious Templar Knights and their rivals, the Knights of St John the Hospitaller. These knights not only wish to keep Jerusalem from the hands of the infidel, they also wish to unlock the secrets of the fabled treasures within Jerusalem's Holy Sepulchre -- the most revered site in Christendom. In a small Irish village, the chieftain lies dying. Mathuin is an old man now, but he
Author: Caiseal Mor
Format: Paperback, 35 pages
Published: 1999, Random House Australia, Australia
Genre: General & Literary Fiction
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from the bestselling author of The Circle and the Cross comes Caiseal Mor's best novel yet Ranging from the lush beauty of eleventh-century Ireland to the dangerous secrets of a desert fortress, this magnificent new novel set in the time of the Crusades will attract even more readers to this very special author. Caiseal's previous novels have brilliantly blended elements of history, adventure, legend and magic. In The Tilecutter's Penny all these elements are again strikingly in evidence, in a remarkable story that combines the ancient legends of the Holy Grail with a story of courage, love and intrigue. It is the time when the Normans ruled Ireland. In the Holy Land far to the east, the city of Jerusalem is fought over by Crusaders and Saracens. Among the Crusaders are the holy orders of the mysterious Templar Knights and their rivals, the Knights of St John the Hospitaller. These knights not only wish to keep Jerusalem from the hands of the infidel, they also wish to unlock the secrets of the fabled treasures within Jerusalem's Holy Sepulchre -- the most revered site in Christendom. In a small Irish village, the chieftain lies dying. Mathuin is an old man now, but he
The Tilecutter's Penny