The Man Who Came After Hyacinth Bobo
a novel of the Fourth Crusade
by Paul Bentley
The Man Who Came After Hyacinth Bobo
is a real page-turner, a splendid historical novel in every respect…
George Leonardos
A superbly written historical novel… One of
the most interesting books of the genre, with a quick and expertly weaved
plot… Alexios Savvides
The title of the novel comes from the central character,
young Pope Innocent III, who launches the Fourth Crusade hoping to drive
the Saracens out of the Holy Land for ever, thus triumphantly trumping
his despised predecessor Pope Celestine, born Hyacinth Bobo. Alas, Pope
Innocent sees his beloved crusade go horribly wrong.
The blockbuster story starts in 1195, ends in 1211 and ranges over France,
Italy, Germany, Greece and Turkey, with a feisty English courtesan, two
Grail poets and a passionate central love affair for good measure. The
plot twists and turns and the climax is the horrific sack of Constantinople,
the greatest city in Christendom, by the Pope’s crusaders. It was
a crime the Greeks have neither forgotten nor forgiven, as Pope John Paul
II experienced when visiting Athens in 2001.
To have a look at the book, click
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Came-After-Hyacinth-Bobo-ebook/dp/B0064CKTDG
The Man Who Came After Hyacinth Bobo is published by Amazon Kindle,
and can be read on a Kindle, iPad, iPhone, PC, Mac or Blackberry, plus
Android devices. If you prefer a printed book, you’ll have to read
it in Greek.
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