Pilgrim1212 and the forces of Christendom are on the march again. Twenty five years ago, the Christian army lay slaughtered on the desolate plain of Hattin, slaughtered by Mighty Saladin, ruler of the Moslem world. The Holy Land seemed lost. The Pope has called for crusade. Many take the cross for pilgrimage and battle. Among them is Otto, a young noble in search of his vanished Hospitaller Knight Father. And tens of thousands of children, pledged to

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female agency and the complexities of complicity

Sandra Newman has tackled the world of Big Brother in a truly convincing way

both good and ill

Bony Lizzie

As she descends deeper into drink

Livia is ordered to Auschwitz by the Nazis

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So when a fierce and beautiful leatherclad woman rides up and offers to take her away

Until a body is found

Eustace is undisputed patriarch of the Farquhar family

who is investigating the case