…After a Few Words…

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This is a sci-fi story. History is a science; the other part is, as all Americans know, the most anecdotal field we have today.

Book Excerpt

rd part of the section. A long ways ahead, he knew, were the Knights Templars, who had taken the development. Behind the Templars rode the sent knights of Brittany and Anjou. These were trailed by King Guy of Jerusalem and the host of Poitou.

He himself, Sir Robert de Bouain, was riding with the Norman and English soldiers, simply behind the men of Poitou. Sir Robert turned marginally in his seat. On his right side, he could see the splendid red-and-gold flag of the fearless Richard of England- – gules, in pale three lions passant guardant or. Behind the leading figure, his incredible war horse moving with a consistent, estimated pace, his coronet of gold on his steel steerage glimmering in the glaring desert sun, the lions of England on his firm-held shield, was simply the King.