Now don’t get me wrong, I like characters like that, but they show up quite often and I think can be given more depth. Ursula is an independent, intelligent girl, and while I like independent girls she was a bit cliché she had no friends, and she was learning something forbidden or generally frowned upon. Review: I’ll begin this review by talking about the characters, starting with Ursula, the main character. Along with her father and her friend Bruno, Ursula joins thousands of other pilgrims on a harrowing journey, which will expose the dark side of the “glorious” Crusades, and change her life forever. When she is accused of witchcraft and sentenced to burn at the stake, she is given one chance to save herself: she must march in the People’s Crusade to the holy city of Jerusalem. The daughter of an apothecary and the owner of a secret book of healing arts, Ursula is determined to become a great healer–but her ambition makes her an outsider in the Holy Roman Empire. This is the description on the back of the book: The two books that follow, “The Scarlet Cross” and “Angeline” are a duology within the Crusades series. There Will Be Wolves January 9, 2015Īuthor: Karleen Bradford Genre: Young Adult Fiction Historical Fiction Suggested Age Group: 12-18 Number of Pages: 214 Rating (0 – 5 stars) : 2 3/4 starsįurther Info: The series titled “The Crusades” by Karleen Bradford is a series of five books, but this book and the two that follow: “Shadows on a Sword” and “Lionheart’s Scribe” are the three books in a trilogy inside the Crusades series.
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