The adventures along the route are an unending series of separations, massacres, starvation and violence, but all ends well.įor a novel which so realistically describes the crusades, the resolution of the plot seems unlikely. Her best friend Bruno is extremely critical of the crusade but ultimately joins Ursula. Her father rescues her from burning at the stake by taking her on the crusade, which is being led by the local count, a suspicious character. Ursula, a healer of both animals and people, is suspected of being a witch. Through all the trauma of life in medieval Europe, the two support each other and eventually marry when they return to Cologne. Ursula, a feisty young healer, along with her friend Bruno, reluctantly joins the First Crusade.
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