Book overview After accidentally killing a child, Isobel is given a choice, she can spend the rest of her life in prison, or be sent back in time on a save the crown of France. She chooses to go back to the twelfth century, although she knows she will be left to spend the rest of her life there. At least it will give her a chance to redeem herself, she believes. To save the crown of France, Isobel must convince Jean de Dampierre, a sixteen-year-old boy, not to join the ill-fated eighth crusade. Jean will do nothing of merit, but his son will start a dynasty destined to become the kings of Navarre and France. But the boy proves more wilful than she anticipates, and Isobel finds herself on the way to Tyre to save Jerusalem from the 'infidel'.