Meanwhile the council was held in the King's tent of state, within which three hundred nobles sat at ease after the King himself had taken his place on the throne, with the Queen on his right hand. There the red-bearded Frederick of Suabia, nephew to Conrad and famous afterward as the Emperor Barbarossa, stood up and told his tale: how the wild German knights had truly forced their leaders to take the mountain road and fight the Seljuks at a disadvantage; how the Seljuks appeared and disappeared again from hour to hour, falling upon their prey at every turn, reddening every pass with blood, and leaving half-killed men among the slain to wonder whence the swift smiters had come and whither they were gone.
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I found an original copy of this book at my college library and started reading it bit by bit. This was a truly enjoyable read, full of adventure, loss, romance and history. I was very glad to find that I could get this book at Amazon, and as I got towards the end, wondered how it would wrap up. There is romance, but no sex. There is swashbuckling adventure, but no gore. There is intrigue and desire, countered with obliviousness. I may not be up on all the current trends in what modern readers want, the story was first published over 100 years ago, but I enjoyed this book - it is worth four stars.
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