Bladesong: 1151 in the Holy Land

Written by Jean Gill

Narrated by Jake Urry

Book 2 of the multi-award-winning medieval Historical Fiction series The Troubadours Quartet.


'Wonderful. If you love historical adventure and romance, you must pick up this series!' Autumn Birt, The Rise of the Fifth Order


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 realising that the person she thinks will be her knight's saviour 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 reader 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.


'A Masterpiece. A Historical Feast.' C M T Stibbe


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


5* '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 for Readers' Favorite

• Language: English
• Publisher: The 13th Sign
• Release date: Mar 12, 2022
• ISBN: 9791096459315

Jean Gill

Sou uma escritora e fotógrafa galesa, vivendo no sul da França, com um grande cachorro branco, um desarrumado cachorro preto, uma Nikon D700, e um homem. Ensinei inglês no País de Gales por muitos anos, e meu apelo para a fama é que fui a primeira mulher a ser diretora secundária em Carmarthenshire. Sou mãe ou madrasta de cinco crianças, então a vida tem sido bastante agitada. Já publiquei todos os tipos de livros, tanto com editoras convencionais como por mim mesma. Você encontrará de tudo com o meu nome, desde poesias e romances ganhadores de prêmios, história militar, livros traduzidos sobre treinamento canino, até livros sobre queijo de cabra. Meu trabalho com o renomado treinador de cães Michel Hasbrouck me levou a fundo ao mundo dos cães com problemas, e inspirou um dos meus romances. Com pais escoceses, um local de nascimento inglês e uma residência francesa, eu posso, quase sempre, torcer pelo time que está ganhando, na maioria das ocasiões esportivas.