Tomorrow's Fire

He was a restless youth, determined to seek his fortune as a singer and poet as he wanders from castle to castle, from one baron's lady to another. Then he meets Richard the Lionheart. The English king is a surprise - wayward, vainglorious, full of trickery and a homosexual of dazzling charm. And he persuades Denys to join him on the most splendid and squalid tragedy in all history: the Third Crusade. "Vivid and real," said Mary Renault. "I salute it with tremendous admiration."