The Green Count

After the bloody trials of Alexandria Sir William Gold is readying for a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. He hopes too that the Holy City might allow his relationship with Emile cousin of the Green Count of Savoy to develop. But the Roman Emperor of Constantinople has been taken hostage by an unknown enemy and the Green Count is vital to the rescue effort. It is up to Sir William to secure his support but he soon finds that his past and his relationship with Emile might have repercussions he had not foreseen...Suddenly thrust onto the stage of international politics Sir William finds himself tangled in a web of plots intrigue and murder.