Eric Jager: 2 books
The Last Duel
A True Story of Crime, Scandal, and Trial by Combat in Medieval France
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2004
The gripping, atmospheric true story of the “duel to end all duels” in medieval France: a trial by combat pitting a knight against a squire accused of violating the knight’s beautiful young wife, soon to be a major motion picture.
When Jean de Carrouges, a Norman knight, returns from...
Blood Royal
A True Tale of Crime and Detection in Medieval Paris
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
A riveting true story of murder and detection in 15th-century Paris, by one of the most brilliant medievalists of his generation.
On a chilly November night in 1407, Louis of Orleans was murdered by a band of masked men. The crime stunned and paralyzed France since Louis had often ruled in...