King and Emperor

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King and Emperor is the third (and concluding) novel in the The Hammer and the Cross series. Written by Harry Harrison and first published in 1996 by Tor Books.

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Mingling the discovery of Greek fire with the quest for the Holy Grail, the book continues to interweave real historical events and fictitious characters in a violent and gripping medieval romp. At the beginning, we see Shef as the powerful King of the North who wields an enormous amount of power and is very wealthy, quite a contrast to the first book where Shef is an awkward young man who is almost a peasant. By the end of the book, the modern notion of tolerance is endorsed by characters in the novel.