—Anais Nin
Contents
Epigraph iii
Map viii
Part One 1
Chapter 1
Eyeing a thousand musket barrels aimed at one’s chest does…
3
Chapter 2
I started with brelan, which is not a bad game…
11
Chapter 3
Jaffa rises like a loaf from the Mediterranean shore, empty…
19
Chapter 4
Jerusalem was half ruin, I saw when I rode down…
29
Chapter 5
To pass the winter, I did my best to tease…
39
Chapter 6
My first reaction was to depart Jerusalem, and the cursed…
49
Chapter 7
I expected Haim Farhi would have some of the Aristotle-like…
63
Chapter 8
“You should be honored, guv’nor,” Big Ned said.
75
Chapter 9
We ran back upstairs to the statue as if to…
91
Chapter 10
I knew I was in hell when Najac insisted on…
101
Chapter 11
Atrocities cannot be justified, but sometimes they can be explained. 112
Part Two 123
Chapter 12
I came to Acre a hero, but not for escaping…
125
Chapter 13
I needed to generate an electric charge on a scale…
139
Chapter 14
I peered out the sally port into a fog of…
153
Chapter 15
Mohammad was watching me closely. “This ring means something
