My knitting buddy, Dar, particularly likes this author: Sharon Kay Penman. So I bought several of her books to read via audible. And Dar is right! This lady writes in such a very engaging way. This book is about Europeans living in Jerusalem during the period of the Crusades. And even though it is not a subject that I know about nor am even particularly interested in, I find that I look forward to turning the audible version of the book on each evening. The story is about a young boy who inherits from his father the throne of king for this kingdom. At the part of the book that I am reading now is seems that Baldwin (the young king) is learning that he has leprosy. This disease is probably the worst thing that can happen to a person in this time period in this place. And yet Baldwin is shown to be courageous and intelligent and "made of the right stuff". The book is very entertaining.
I thought tonight: "Is this book really based on true history?" and I did a google to find out. Here is the blog post that I read:
