The Lost Cross is a historical novel by Guido Cervo set in the 13th century, published in 2010 by Piemme's publisher. Tramamodifies wikitesto
It is 1241. From the steppes of the East a wave of men spreads in the center of Europe. They are thirsty for blood and looting, a fame of cruelty and frustration precedes them. They are Tartari, a name that is now synonymous with terror. The Christian forces called by the Duke of Silesia, Enrico Pio, consider them savages. They'll pay my dear price. In the Battle of Liegnitz, the army is annihilated. The cities that are on the road to the invaders have risen to the ground, the dispersed populations. By returning from the Terrestrial, Eustachius von Felben, warrior monk of the Order of Teutonic Knights, is crossing with a handful of companions those devastated lands. He is a man of arms, animated by an unshakable and burning faith, in which he only finds refuge from the incalculable of his internal torments. On the way to the North, a Venetian merchant must be escorted, an important Dean of the Doge for the Grand Master of the Order in Prussia, and a gift of inestimable value, precious as a relic: a crowned gemstone cross, belonging to in Sant'Elena, the mother of Emperor Constantine. After almost twenty years of battles in the Holy Land, Eustachius will have to deal with other infidels, more dangerous than Turks and Saracens, because they are much closer to the confines of the Christian world. The Tartars are now everywhere, all around the small handful of men who are attacked and spoiled. Armed only with his own sword and his faith, Eustachius will have to fight to snatch the stolen cross on the head of the enemy horde and to steal hundreds of Christians from the cruelty of barbaric invaders. Because that is his knighthood mission: to defend the weak and the Cross. Always and at any cost. Editing the wikitesto editing Voices correlateemodify wikitesto
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