The Sword of Roland

The Saxon prince Sigwulf lost his family, his lands, and his wealth in war—all except a noble name and life itself. His conqueror, the King of the Angles, sends the captive to the Frankish king Charlemagne—not as an ambassador, but as a noble hostage. At the court of the greatest ruler in the Western world, the ruler whose very name became synonymous with power, Sigwulf is waiting for love and treachery, scholarly conversations and bloody battles. And friendship with the bravest of warriors the Earth has ever borne—whose glorious feats, reckless courage, and terrible death Sigwulf will sing in the legendary “Song of Roland”…