📖 Blog Tour ~ Pilgrim’s War by Michael Jecks

Boldwood 
10 November 2025
Pilgrim’s War #1

My thanks to the publisher and Rachel’s Random Resources
for the book and the invitation to the blog tour.

The tale of a journey that will shape the world for centuries to come...

France, 1096. Crowds gather in Sens, Northern France,to hear the Hermit speak. He talks of a great pilgrimage to Jerusalem, a quest filled with promise for those Christian soldiers who march with him.

Sybill knows the perils of the road ahead, but follow it she must. Her husband is a reckless gambler, easily swayed by the Hermit's words. For Odo, the pilgrimage provides the chance to demonstrate his unshakeable piety, while his brother Fulk craves adventure and excitement.

Jeanne and Guillemette have been mistreated by the men in their lives and are desperate for this chance of redemption and a brighter future - but for the two women alone on the journey, life on the road will befull of perils...

As the lines between love and hate, virtue and sin, good and evil become blurred, each must survive as best they can. Who will live to reach the holy city, and will the sacrifices they make to get there be worth the price they all must pay?

📖. My Review ..

The aim of the First Crusade in 1096 was to free Jerusalem from the rule of the Saracen and the call of Peter the Hermit in the French town of Sens in March 1096 mustered enough interest to get the exodus of townsfolk underway. With fine attention to historical detail we travel every step of this momentous journey with the crusaders who come from all walks of life. Rich, poor, men, women and children all set out on a journey which seems, at first, highly impossible when considering the scale of the task ahead which was fraught with considerable danger from the very start.

I’ve enjoyed this first book as from the very beginning I felt like I was transported back to a medieval world which certainly had its share of troubles and which relied heavily on the power of orators such as Peter the Hermit to rally people to causes which were the start of a change of power in the medieval world.  The story gets off to a good start, bringing to life characters and their individual reasons for joining the crusade. The story doesn’t shy away from violence but it’s all within the realistic context of the story, after all, this was a very different time when violence and conflict were commonplace.

Pilgrim’s War makes history come alive in a thrilling medieval adventure which grips the imagination from the very start.

About the Author

Michael Jecks is the author of over fifty novels inspired by history and legend. He is the founder of Medieval Murderers, and has served on the committee of the historical Writers’Association, the CWA  and the Detection Club. He was International Guest of Honour at the Bloody Words festival in Toronto, and Grand Master of the first parade in the New Orleans Mardi Gras.

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