Queens of Jerusalem: The Women Who Dared to Rule Thomas Berger Julia is a model citizen

Julia is a model citizen - cheerfully cynical

What begins as a brilliant piece of soldiering turns into disaster

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wife of King Menelaus of the Greeks

To survive

Queens of Jerusalem: The Women Who Dared to Rule Thomas Berger Julia is a model citizenIn 1187 Saladin's armies besieged the holy city of Jerusalem. He had previously annihilated Jerusalem's army at the battle of Hattin, and behind the city's high walls a last ditch defence was being led by an unlikely trio including Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem. They could not resist Saladin, but, if they were lucky, they could negotiate terms that would save the lives of the city's inhabitants. Queen Sibylla was the last of a line of formidable female