Radegonde and the First Crusade Kindle Edition

In the dead of winter in 1096, a young seamstress from northern France embarks on a most improbable journey: a trek across Europe to the Holy Land to liberate Jerusalem. Swept up into the First Crusade, Radegonde and her companions—a formerly enslaved African, a Jewish scholar, a runaway monk, and a Muslim girl—encounter the violence and cruelty of war, but also love, forgiveness, and hope. Radegonde and the First Crusade gives voice to women whose stories are so often overlooked in accounts of the past, and brings to life a pivotal moment in history when ordinary people, by transforming themselves, transformed the world. Read more