Overview
There is one in the Kingdom of England. Who goes
by the name of Richard the Lionheart. My waking dreams tell me he will
come upon us. He will come to these lands and make pilgrimage, conquest.
Saladin's great army have corrected a great wrong by taking Jerusalem
back for Islam, after the barbaric slaughter of their people one hundred
years ago. But for Muslim and Christian alike Jerusalem is a holy city.
Across England and Outremer, nobles answer the call to arms from
Richard the Lionheart to march on Jerusalem in the third crusade and
retake the Holy City from Saladin. Holy Warriors is a tale of holy war,
fraught diplomacy and revenge in the struggle for Jerusalem, taking in
over a millennium of bloody conflict, as Richard the Lionheart marches
east to face Saladin, and takes Jerusalem. This edition published to
coincide with the play's premiere at Shakespeare's Globe, London, on 19
July 2014.
Book details
Published
19/07/2014
Publisher
Methuen Drama
ISBN
9781474216395