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At eighteen, Baldwin IV, the Leper King of Jerusalem, entrusts his life to a physician unlike any other - a brilliant woman from the East who bears a face he believed lost to tragedy years ago.
As political threats close in and his body continues to fail, Baldwin must confront an impossible truth: the cure for his dying soul may be the very woman fate once stole from him - and now returns.
⚠️Disclaimer:
This novel is a work of historical fiction inspired by the life of King Baldwin IV of Jerusalem. While the character may be familiar from the film Kingdom of Heaven, this story draws primarily from medieval chronicles, historical sources, and scholarly interpretations - seeking to portray Baldwin's legacy as it might have truly been lived.
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