The Talisman

Description

The Talisman is a novel by Walter Scott that takes place at the end of the Third Crusade, mostly in the camp of the Crusaders in Palestine. Scheming and partisan politics, as well as the illness of King Richard the Lionheart, are placing the Crusade in danger. The main characters are the Scottish knight Kenneth, who is a fictional character version of David of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon, who did in fact return from the third Crusade in 1190, Richard the Lionheart, Saladin, and Edith Plantagenet, a relative of Richard.

This book has 350 pages in the PDF version, and was originally published in 1825.

Production notes: This ebook of The Talisman was published by Global Grey in 2018.