Publisher's Synopsis
England, 1219. Lying on his deathbed, William Marshal, England's greatest knight, sends a trusted servant to bring to him the silk Templar burial shrouds that returned with him from the Holy Land 30 years ago. As he waits for the shrouds' return, he looks back upon his long-ago pilgrimage with his brother, and the sacred mission to bear the cloak to Jerusalem and lay it on Christ's tomb. Jerusalem, 1183. The brothers become embroiled in the politics, devious scheming and lusts of those who rule the kingdom. William sets on a path so perilous that there seems no way back for him, or his brother. Their only chance to see home again will be dependent on the Templar shrouds.
