{"product_id":"2940016087078","title":"Call Down Heaven's Fire","description":"Set in 12th century Europe when women had few rights and private warfare was commonplace, this novel uncovers the love affairs, harsh conflicts and changing religious beliefs of a young bachelor knight, William Pom, whose fate becomes tangled with such historical giants as King Henry II of England and Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury.  Pom's story opens when he is unwittingly drawn into a plot inspired by friends of King Henry to assassinate Becket who stands in the way of royal control of the English Church.  Becket is killed and it is Pom who deals the fatal blow.  Branded a pariah and sentenced in absentia by the pope to exile in Palestine, Pom flees to the South of France where he falls in love with Esclarmonde de Lusignan, daughter of a powerful Poitevin noble, who is engaged to marry William-Jordan Taillefer, youngest son of the count of Angoulême.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDiscovering the lovers, William-Jordan exposes Pom to the justice of the church; Pom is transported to Palestine where he is to spend his life doing penance for his part in the murder of Becket.  But after ten ears of exile he returns to France to reclaim Esclarmonde, but also finds himself unexpectedly beguiled by winsome prostitute Mary of Vernon, who believes carnal passion can be redemptive.  This double romance explores the lines between love and passion amid a series of turbulent events including encounters with Richard the Lion-Hearted and William Marshal, the greatest knight in Christendom; a savage hand-to-hand combat with William-Jordan; and a calamitous rebellion against King Henry II.  Along the way Pom questions much about the world he lives in – the feudal system, the institution of chivalry, and the hypocrisy of the medieval church, even the nature of God","brand":"Charles F. Price","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47180095062256,"sku":"2940016087078","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940016087078_p0.jpg?v=1763628865","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940016087078","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}