ABOUT
THE BOOK

Deus Lo Volt! chronicles the medieval crusades, from the first to the last, when European kings and popes strove to conquer and hold the Holy Land for Christendom. Told in the voice of Jean de Joinville it draws heavily on documented evidence from the times, spans a wealth of characters and details. Bloody battles, domestic anecdotes and an abundance of miracles all feature, starting in 1095, when Pope Urban first called for a vast army to reclaim Jerusalem with the rallying call of ‘God wills it’, and continuing for nearly 200 years.