ASIN: B0784GH1RY
Publisher: Lume Books
Pages: 243
Thurstan de Banastre, Baron of Waleton, Lancastershire, is living in dangerous times. He and his fellow barons are desperate to oust their tyrannical king, Henry of Winchester, who imposes harsh tax burdens, and ignores the terms of Magna Carta that his father had pledged to uphold.The plotter has a secret. When King John’s baggage train was swamped Thurstan’s grandfather Frederick stole the royal jewels, intending to use them to validate a new English king. The clan looked for a monarch among the Cathars of France, and took the regalia to them, but the heretics’ stronghold of Montsegur fell to Crusader forces. Thurstan and his father Alaric escape the slaughter with the royal treasure and with an iconic Shroud that is believed to have wrapped the body of Christ. They are desperate to keep the religious artefact from the French, for they plan to use it to raise an army Kingmaker is a ...
