Everyone wants to defeat King Richard. If they cannot do it on the battlefield, they will resort to intrigue. Elizabeth cannot figure out why the most dangerous of the conspirators, the Moslem in the hooded cloak, whose face she seldom sees, is so intent upon kidnapping her, hiding her away in a harem in a walled palace in the Holy Land, and keeping her there no matter what Richard offers as a ransom. She had better find out. For although she has been drawn closer to Richard, for whose protection she is responsible, she finds herself falling in love with this dastardly, heathen Saracen!
This historical romantic thriller novel by Linda Cargill was written after September 11. I hope to use the Third Crusade, where Richard fought against Saladin, as a kind of “distant mirror”, in the words of the medieval historian, Barbara Tuchman, for our own troubled time. Perhaps we can lift the veil in which the modern Saracens seem enshrouded just as the heroine, Elizabeth, must do in medieval times.
Romance of the White Rose is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers, YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked this historical romantic thriller you will enjoy To Follow the Goddess, End of Days, The Minotaur, Book of the Death, Medea’s Escape, Key to Lawrence Special Edition, and 1935 Plot.
