THE LAST CRUSADER KINGDOM: Dawn of a Dynasty in Twelfth-Century Cyprus

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Historical fiction book about John d'Ibelin, son of Balain d'Ibelin, that blends fiction and history. Acts as a biography of sorts that brings scholarly research into a coherent and accessible form. Details the early part of his life, filling in gaps of history, focusing on his apprenticeship as squire to a man determined to build a kingdom on an island ravaged by rebellion. The Greek insurgents have already driven the Knights Templar from the island and now stand poised to destroy Richard the Lionheart's legacy to the Holy Land: a crusader foothold on the island of Cyprus.