Son of Blood

Volume #1 in the Crusades trilogy. Under Robert Guiscard, the de Hautevilles have grown in importance and power throughout Italy and, through the Papacy, all of Christendom. Now it is Robert's son Bohemund's turn to take up arms. The opportunity to fight under the papal banner in the Holy Lands could bring him the glory and riches he desires, and which have been cruelly denied him elsewhere.