Defender of Jerusalem: A Biographical Novel of Balian D'Ibelin (Balian D'Ibelin and the Kingdom of Jerusalem) - Softcover

Schrader, Helena P

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1627872736 ISBN 13: 9781627872737

Publisher: Wheatmark, 2015

Synopsis

WINNER of the 2017 John E Weaver Excellent Reads Award for Fiction: Middle Ages
SILVER for Christian Historical Fiction 2016, Readers Favorites Awards
SILVER for Religious/Spiritual Fiction 2016, Feathered Quill Awards.

The Christian kingdom of Jerusalem is under siege. The charismatic Kurdish leader, Salah ad-Din, has succeeded in uniting Shiite Egypt with Sunnite Syria and has now declared jihad against the Christian kingdom. While King Baldwin IV struggles to defend his kingdom from the external threat despite the increasing ravages of leprosy, the struggle for the succession threatens to tear the kingdom apart from the inside. In the high-stakes game, one man stands out for his loyalty to the dying king, the kingdom, and Christianity itself. That man is Balian d'Ibelin. This is the second book in a three-part biographical novel about Balian d'Ibelin, who defended Jerusalem against Salah ad-Din in 1187.

About this title

About the Author

Award-winning novelist Helena P. Schrader earned a PhD in Historyfrom the University of Hamburg. She has published numerous works ofnon-fiction and fiction. As a novelist, she has focused on historicaland biographical fiction.

 

Her Jerusalem Trilogy has earned a total of 12 literary honors to date,including the Readers Favorite Gold for Best Christian HistoricalFiction, the Pinnacle Award for Best Biographical Fiction 2016, theFeathered Quill Book Award for Spiritual/Religious Fiction 2017,  twoChaucer Awards for Medieval Fiction, and finalist recognition fromForeword INDIES for Military/Wartime Fiction 2016 and the M.M. Bennett's Award for Historical Fiction.

Her novel set in the 7th Crusade, St. Louis' Knight,won the 2014 Chaucer Award for the Best Historical Fiction set in the HighMiddle Ages, and also placed third in the 2014 Feathered Quill LiteraryAwards for both Historical and Spiritual Fiction. All three books in her Balian d'Ibelin biography, Knight of Jerusalem, is a B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree.
 
Helena is a career diplomat currently serving in Africa.

From the Back Cover

Readers' Favorite 2016 Book Awards recognized "Defender of Jerusalem" with a Silver Award for Christian Historical Fiction. The book also won the Chaucer Award 2015 for Historical Fiction set in the Dark/Middle Ages, was awarded "Silver" in the Feathered Quill 2016 Literary Awards for Spiritual/Religious Fiction, was a finalist for the M.M. Bennetts' Award 2015 for Historical Fiction, and was a B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree.

From the Inside Flap

Hollywood made him a blacksmith; Arab chronicles say he was "like a king."
He served a leper but defied Richard the Lionheart.
Rather than dally with a princess, he married a dowager queen.
He was a warrior and diplomat both: Balian d'Ibelin.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wheatmark
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1627872736
• ISBN 13: 9781627872737
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 534