Publisher's Synopsis
Tom Chaney, the illegitimate son of a manor lord is working as lay brother at a priory when finds himself caught up the Peasant's Revolt of 1381. Having had no choice but to side with Henry le Despenser, the 'Fighting Bishop of Norwich', Tom is soon on a Holy Crusade to Flanders where the invading French King is supporting a rival pope. Tom eventually gets to London and after escaping a forced marriage to a she-wolf, finds work in the merchant guild quarter. Things go well until Tom finds himself initiated into the secret order of the Knights Templar. Tom is soon off on another crusade but this time with more than he bargained for.
