Crusader: By Horse to Jerusalem

Tm Severin buys a horse in Ireland and one in France and he and his kick-ass friend Sarah follow the trail of one of the First Crusaders all the way to Jerusalem, plodding on through forests, mountains, rain, cold and heat, camping out wherever they can find room for the night, treating saddle sores and dealing with the even-then difficult politics of Turkey/Syria/Jordan/Israel. Very well-written and interesting account both of their modern-day journey on horseback and recounting of how the Crusaders must have felt.