Review
Highly original and a most enjoyable read --Tim Waterstone
Will be thoroughly enjoyed by anyone with a taste for rollicking adventure laced with a subtle dose of literary learning. --Douglas Hurd
Simon Acland's gripping First Crusade mystery thriller rivals the Da Vinci Code for interest and suspense. --Stanley Johnson
I found it utterly gripping. --Giles MacDonogh
...strongly drawn characters and impressive description, while a great deal of action keeps events moving at a cracking pace.
--Pursewarden, 30th May 2010
Will be thoroughly enjoyed by anyone with a taste for rollicking adventure laced with a subtle dose of literary learning. --Douglas Hurd
Simon Acland's gripping First Crusade mystery thriller rivals the Da Vinci Code for interest and suspense. --Stanley Johnson
I found it utterly gripping. --Giles MacDonogh
...strongly drawn characters and impressive description, while a great deal of action keeps events moving at a cracking pace.
--Pursewarden, 30th May 2010
Product Description
The Waste Land: the true story of the Holy Grail?
The Waste Land chronicles the adventures of Hugh de Verdon, monk turned knight, during the extraordinary historical events of the First Crusade. He journeys from the great Benedictine Monastery of Cluny to Constantinople, Antioch and Jerusalem. He encounters the Assassins, endures a personal epiphany and discovers the truth behind the Holy Grail.
Hugh de Verdon's tale is retold by a group of desperate Oxford Professors, who discover his autobiographical manuscript in their College library. Their humorous - and murderous - story also provides a commentary on the Eleventh Century events and shows that they are perhaps not all they seem.
The Waste Land chronicles the adventures of Hugh de Verdon, monk turned knight, during the extraordinary historical events of the First Crusade. He journeys from the great Benedictine Monastery of Cluny to Constantinople, Antioch and Jerusalem. He encounters the Assassins, endures a personal epiphany and discovers the truth behind the Holy Grail.
Hugh de Verdon's tale is retold by a group of desperate Oxford Professors, who discover his autobiographical manuscript in their College library. Their humorous - and murderous - story also provides a commentary on the Eleventh Century events and shows that they are perhaps not all they seem.
