Authorpreneur Dashboard – Patricia J Boomsma
The Way of Glory
Literature & Fiction
Cate, a teenage girl from twelfth century England, joins her brothers and aunt on a crusade to save Jerusalem that stops in Hispania to battle the Moors. Life on a battlefield strains the family’s closeness as they confront the terror and contradictions of holy war. Cate’s dreams of sainthood change to those of a husband and children when she falls in love with a soldier, but she finds no peace even after the family settles on land taken from the Moors. Cate’s friendship with a conquered Moor soon leads to impossible choices as she faces the cost of betrayal and the loss of all she’s known.
Book Bubbles from The Way of Glory
Discovery
Cate's life starts to change when she discovers the body of a boy along the banks of the River Frome. She joins her brothers and aunt as they embark on a crusade to Jerusalem, finding themselves instead fighting the Moors in 12th century Hispania. Cate's exposure to people of different religions and cultures and to the horrors of war lead her to question her ideas about faith and holy war.
