Home of Roxelana of Syria

Roxelana was 22 years old and second favourite wife of Zaki al-Harbi who was a trader and along with his brothers a soldier in Saladin’s army. While on there way to Antioch in a trading caravan they were attacked by Templar Knights her husband and all his men were killed, she herself was only saved because he hid her and her maid Ayla in a secret compartment in the carriage in which she was travelling. Left for dead because she was unable to escape she was saved by Sir Andres Vaeringer, a Norwegian Knight in service to the Prince of Antioch Bohemund.

The Templars have broken the uneasy Peace Treaty between the Christians and Muslims in the Holy Land and in order to avoid a war Roxelana finds herself on a mission along with Sir Andres who has become her protector, sent by Prince Bohemund as a witness to what happened to meet with none other than Saladin himself. If they survive, she is to return to King Baldwin of Jerusalem’s court to testify against the Knights Templars.

The journey is a perilous one, with the Knights Templar on there trail. Along the way they meet Sheik Ali Hussan, a prominent trader and Muslim warlord who is friends with Roxelana and her husband Zaki al-Harbi. Upon learning of Zaki’s murder he joins up with them on there quest along with some of his men after announcing that she will become his bride when they return! Something that she doesn’t want, but feels that maybe she doesn’t have a choice.

She finds herself drawn ever closer to Sir Andres, a thing almost unheard of as there worlds are so different. Follow her adventures by reading the novel…….. will they succeed in meeting with Saladin and manage to avert a war in the Holy Land? Will she have the nerve to stand in front of King Baldwins court and testify against the Knights Templar? Will she marry Sheik Ali Hussan?

Sir Andres Vaeringer, Norwegian Knight and my Protector