Saint Louis and the Last Crusade

This is the 30th title in the very popular, award-winning series of Vision Books on the lives of saints and heroes for youth 8 to 18 years old. Louis IX of France, who took the throne in 1226, had one aim in life - to be a good king. Guided by the advice of his mother, he ruled well and was beloved by his people. At the age of twenty-eight he took the cross of the crusade and, with his army, set out for Egypt to defeat the Saracens, the most energetic enemies of the Holy Land.

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