Blood and the Cross - Volume Three

AD We are in 1008, Stephen took the first steps to consolidate power. At the same time, the country faces a number of external and internal threats. Ajtony, the rebel landlord in the Tisza-Mureş-Timiş region, does not submit to the law and pursues an independent diplomacy with Byzantium behind King Stephen. The king's patience is coming to an end, but the question is, is it enough to defeat Ajtony for the stability of the country? The legendary Bishop Gellért appears on the stage of history to take over the education of Prince Imre. Koppány's younger brother, Prince Vászoly, and his family are locked up in Nitra by royal order. Numerous questions arise, and one of the most important is the extent to which unfortunate internal relations can be linked to the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, and for what purpose, with whose participation the hostile organization within the country took place. We reach the years 1029-1030, when the power of King Stephen is in its heyday. Through the vicissitudes of the life of the protagonist family, we can get to know the spirit of the age, the military and diplomatic aspirations and goals. The King of the Hungarians, who built his old-age policy on not interfering in the internal affairs of other countries, is now fighting his first truly patriotic battle with the German emperor. Is the kingdom on the right track? Or can the external and internal enemy ruin everything from István's aspirations and achievements so far? The concluding volume of the trilogy provides an answer to this.