Bladesong: 1151 in the Holy Land

Then Troubadours, Book 2

By: Jean Gill

Narrated by: Jake Urry

Book two of the multi-award-winning medieval historical fiction series The Troubadours Quartet.

1151: The Holy Land, where one book is worth more than a man's life.

Imprisoned in Damascus, Dragonetz suffers the mind games inflicted by his anonymous enemies as he is forced to remember the traumatic events of the crusade two years earlier. His military prowess is as valuable and dangerous to the balance of power as the priceless Torah he has to deliver to Jerusalem, and the key players want Dragonetz riding with them—or dead.

Instead of remaining safely at home, Estela is desperate to rescue Dragonetz at all costs. She sets out for the Holy Land, never realizing that the person she thinks will be her knight's savior might actually be his doom. Can Estela get him out alive, despite Nur-ad-Din, the Muslim Atabeg; Mélisende, the Queen of Jerusalem; and an avenger from the past? Will she still want to, when she knows what they've done to him?

Once more, "the master of historical intrigue" whirls the listener off into medieval mayhem. Jean Gill's details of crusading strategy and riding a camel are as convincing as the pangs of medieval childbirth. She brought medieval France to life in Song at Dawn; now she adds 12th-century Damascus and Jerusalem with equal aplomb.

©2014 Jean Gill (P)2022 The 13th Sign

Critic reviews

Historical Novel Society Editor's Choice

Winner of the Global Ebooks Award for Best Historical Fiction

Finalist in the Wishing Shelf Awards, HNS Indie Awards and the Chaucer Awards

Discovered Diamond Award

"I like my historical romance heavy on the history, light on the romance, with a strong cupful of action and adventure thrown in. When an author can get all of the elements in exactly the right proportions, we are probably talking bestseller. In Bladesong we have a bestseller." (Ray Simmons, Readers' Favorite)