Synopses & Reviews
Two Boys. One girl. The adventure of a lifetime.
You need three things to become a brave and noble knight:
A warhorse.
A fair maiden.
A just cause.
Will has a horse a small chestnut stallion with a white blaze in his
brow. Ellie is a fair maiden, but shes supposed to marry Wills
older brother, Gavin. And as for the cause, King Richard is calling for a
Crusade. The Knights of England must go to the Holy Land to fight.
Will and Gavin will go. Blood will be shed. Lives will be taken. But
through it all, two things will be constant Ellie, and a blood-red horse
called Hosanna....
Review
"[Blood Red Horse] lays bare the gap between propaganda about the Crusades and the 'dismal, stinking nightmare' of warfare's reality." Booklist
Review
"A British import reminds us that there are historical potboilers for the young even as there are for their parents in this overblown and under-plotted first of a trilogy." Kirkus Reviews
Synopsis
You need three things to become a brave and noble knight:
A warhorse.
A fair maiden.
A just cause.
Will has a horse—a small chestnut stallion with a white blaze in his brow. Ellie is a fair maiden, but shes supposed to marry Wills older brother, Gavin. And as for the cause, King Richard is calling for a Crusade. The Knights of England must go to the Holy Land to fight.
Will and Gavin will go. Blood will be shed. Lives will be taken. But through it all, two things will be constant—Ellie, and a blood-red horse called Hosanna. . . .
About the Author
K. M. Grant was born into a large family that often found itself caught up in historical events—usually on the losing side. Stories of high adventure, most of them true, were part of everyday life. Married with teenaged children, the author now lives in Scotland and works as a writer and broadcaster. Blood Red Horse is K. M. Grants first novel.