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The Warrior Prince of Antioch
Bohemond-nicknamed because of his large size as a child-was a
Norman soldier and adventurer who became a pivotal figure among the
committee of nobleman leaders of the First Crusade. He learnt his
military craft at the side of his father Robert Guiscard, Duke of
Apulia and Calabria. Upon the death of his father, Bohemond went to
war with his half-brother, Roger and his mother to reclaim what he
considered his lost birthright. The outcome was a partial victory
in the award of the principality of Taranto, but it was clearly not
enough for a man of his enormous ambition, intellect and military
prowess. The First Crusade in 1096 provided the opportunity he
required. Irrespective of his religious convictions, which may have
been inconsiderable from the outset, Bohemond all but led the
crusade with more military success than were achieved in the two
subsequent crusades. He defeated and ejected his Muslim enemies
from the principal object of his ambitions-Antioch-and then held it
in defiance of the claims to it by Alexius of Byzantium. This was a
fascinating man was-quite literally-a giant figure of the Norman
period in every sense. Available in soft cover and hard back with
dust jacket.
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