The Iron Lance (Celtic Crusades S., #1)

by Stephen Lawhead

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First of an exciting new trilogy from the author of Byzantium, The Iron Lance is set at the time of the first Crusade in 1099.

Amidst visions of the ancient past, a 19th century Scottish lawyer glimpses the harrowing pilgrimage of an ancestor...

In the year 1095, Pope Urban II declares war on the infidel. Kings, princes, and lords throughout Europe take up the cross and rush to join the Crusade.

Murdo Ranulfson is left behind to guard his family's interests in the remote Orkney Isles while his father and brothers join the fight to win Jerusalem. But when all the family's lands and possessions are confiscated, Murdo follows the Crusade with the hope of finding his father and redeeming their land.
His epic journey leads him to the heart of the civilized world, where the Emperor Alexius and the Lords of the West are engaged in a battle of wills that threatens the survival of the Holy Roman Empire.
Steeped in heroism, treachery and the clamour of battle, The Iron Lance begins an epic trilogy of a Scottish family fighting for its existence and its faith during the age of the Great Crusades.

  • ISBN10 0061051098
  • ISBN13 9780061051098
  • Publish Date 5 April 2000 (first published 21 September 1998)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 4 March 2010
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc
  • Imprint Zondervan
  • Edition New edition
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 656
  • Language English