TY - BOOK N2 - Arriving home disillusioned from the Crusades, Hugh DeLuc discovers that his village has been ransacked and his wife abducted. The dark riders came in the dead of night like devils. Nothing is known of their identity, only that they search for a relic worth more than any throne in Europe. No man has been able to stand in their way until Hugh, taking on the role of a jester, infiltrates the enemy's castle. And when a man is fighting for freedom, for his wife, and for everything he holds dear, he will prove a formidable opponent. With unstoppable pace and the plot of a page-turning thriller, this is a breathtaking adventure set in eleventh-century France. AB - Arriving home disillusioned from the Crusades, Hugh DeLuc discovers that his village has been ransacked and his wife abducted. The dark riders came in the dead of night like devils. Nothing is known of their identity, only that they search for a relic worth more than any throne in Europe. No man has been able to stand in their way until Hugh, taking on the role of a jester, infiltrates the enemy's castle. And when a man is fighting for freedom, for his wife, and for everything he holds dear, he will prove a formidable opponent. With unstoppable pace and the plot of a page-turning thriller, this is a breathtaking adventure set in eleventh-century France. T1 - The jester / DA - 2004. CY - New York : AU - Patterson, James, AU - Gross, Andrew. CN - Patterson PB - Warner, PP - New York : PY - 2004. N1 - "This book is an abridged version of the original hardcover." ID - 276468 KW - Fools and jesters KW - Kidnapping KW - Nobility KW - Crusades KW - Relics SN - 0446613843 TI - The jester / ER -