Then there is the story of Zohra, a Muslim girl, and Nathaniel, a Jewish doctor. The carnival-like troupe goes from town to town putting on shows, faking miracles, pretending that everyday objects are holy relics, stealing and lying, and often finding their lives in peril. There he meets a man known only as “The Moor” who rescues John from a life of abuse, taking him on the road with a group of other misfits. The two eventually collide in an unexpected way.įirst there is John Savage, a boy who was abandoned at birth and raised in a priory in Cornwall, England. Pillars of Light is two stories in one, both taking place in the late 1100s. Themes of love in wartime, familial duty, and faith are woven through this sweeping epic, which transports readers to the days of King Richard the Lionhearted, through the deserts of Syria, and into the war waged by Saladin’s army in its attempt to conquer Jerusalem.
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