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The Knights Chronicles #2
The Troubadour's Quest
Hunt's intriguing medieval saga continues with this story of a traveling musician and his young companion--a tale of secret identities, true friendship, and God's calling.
383 pages, Paperback
First published May 4, 1994
About the author
Angela Elwell Hunt
324 books2,042 followersChristy-Award winner Angela Hunt writes for readers who have learned to expect the unexpected in novels from this versatile author. With nearly six million copies of her books sold worldwide, she is the best-selling author of more than 170 works ranging from picture books (The Tale of Three Trees) to novels.
Now that her two children are grown, Angie and her husband live in Florida with Very Big Dogs (a direct result of watching Turner and Hooch and Sandlot too many times). This affinity for mastiffs has not been without its rewards--one of their dogs was featured on Live with Regis and Kelly as the second-largest canine in America. Their dog received this dubious honor after an all-expenses-paid trip to Manhattan for the dog and the Hunts, complete with VIP air travel and a stretch limo in which they toured New York City.
Afterward, the dog gave out pawtographs at the airport.
Angela admits to being fascinated by animals, medicine, psychology, unexplained phenomena, and “just about everything” except sports. Books, she says, have always shaped her life— in the fifth grade she learned how to flirt from reading Gone with the Wind.
Her books have won the coveted Christy Award, several Angel Awards from Excellence in Media, and the Gold and Silver Medallions from Foreword Magazine’s Book of the Year Award. In 2007, her novel The Note was featured as a Christmas movie on the Hallmark channel. Romantic Times Book Club presented her with a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006, and American Christian Fiction Writers bestowed the same award in 2019.
In 2006, Angela completed her Master of Biblical Studies in Theology degree and completed her second doctorate in 2015. When she’s not home reading or writing, Angie often travels to teach writing workshops at schools and writers’ conferences. And to talk about her dogs, of course.
Now that her two children are grown, Angie and her husband live in Florida with Very Big Dogs (a direct result of watching Turner and Hooch and Sandlot too many times). This affinity for mastiffs has not been without its rewards--one of their dogs was featured on Live with Regis and Kelly as the second-largest canine in America. Their dog received this dubious honor after an all-expenses-paid trip to Manhattan for the dog and the Hunts, complete with VIP air travel and a stretch limo in which they toured New York City.
Afterward, the dog gave out pawtographs at the airport.
Angela admits to being fascinated by animals, medicine, psychology, unexplained phenomena, and “just about everything” except sports. Books, she says, have always shaped her life— in the fifth grade she learned how to flirt from reading Gone with the Wind.
Her books have won the coveted Christy Award, several Angel Awards from Excellence in Media, and the Gold and Silver Medallions from Foreword Magazine’s Book of the Year Award. In 2007, her novel The Note was featured as a Christmas movie on the Hallmark channel. Romantic Times Book Club presented her with a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006, and American Christian Fiction Writers bestowed the same award in 2019.
In 2006, Angela completed her Master of Biblical Studies in Theology degree and completed her second doctorate in 2015. When she’s not home reading or writing, Angie often travels to teach writing workshops at schools and writers’ conferences. And to talk about her dogs, of course.
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August 13, 2023
Gilsbert the troubadour decided to embark on his own search for love: remembering the lovely face of Nadine he thinks himself in love with her. Thus begins his quest. Meanwhile "Jonas" an orphan boy drops upon his path and in a desire to protect and shelter Jonas, the troubadour has him join on his quest. Unbeknownst to him, Jonas is really Adele, a girl dressed as a boy to escape a terrible future. Together they embark on a journey for love and neither finds what they expect.
This is a well written, and for the most part, realistic book based in the medieval time. I do think the blindness that the troubadour has towards Adele is a little far fetched but Hunt does well in proving the point that, sometimes, our own desires can blind us to the Truth in front of us.
This is a well written, and for the most part, realistic book based in the medieval time. I do think the blindness that the troubadour has towards Adele is a little far fetched but Hunt does well in proving the point that, sometimes, our own desires can blind us to the Truth in front of us.
February 20, 2026
Hunt definitely didn't intend this, but this book was part of my gay awakening. The chemistry between Gislebert and "Jonas" was so much more palpable than anything between Gislebert and Adele-as-Adele (though honestly I never saw what Adele saw in him either way). Gislebert's total rejection of Adele, first due to his discomfort with his attraction to her when he thought she was a man, and then hilariously, even more vehemently when he discovered she was a woman the whole time, was hard to experience as anything but the queer love story it unintentionally was. And Adele's struggles with her gender identity throughout were so recognizable to me despite the attempt to make these very queer experiences into something that affirmed heterosexuality. The thing I don't think Christian authors understand is if you put queer desire and genderfuckery in your story, it's in your story even if you make it into a joke or condemn it. Anyway despite the pacing issues, cartoonishly evil villains, and overall less compelling male lead than the other books in the series, this one will always hold a special place in my queer little heart.
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October 22, 2021
I really enjoyed this story of a wandering minstrel's quest for love in medieval England and France. Set during the time Eleanor of Aquitaine was still the French queen, it follows the quest of Gislebert the minstrel who travels England and France with his young companion, determined to find love, only to discover, in the end, that what he seeks has always been within his grasp.
As a long time student of the Eleanor's "court of love" a few years later as Henry's queen, this period in history has always fascinated me, and Angela Hunt does a good job of capturing both the elegance and the harshness of the world Gislebert and Jonas inhabit.
This audio version is well narrated and easy to listen too and the story itself is like stepping through a veil into a world full of magic and a courtly ideal that, as Gislebert eventually discovers, is full of hopes and dreams, but was likely never real for most people.
As a long time student of the Eleanor's "court of love" a few years later as Henry's queen, this period in history has always fascinated me, and Angela Hunt does a good job of capturing both the elegance and the harshness of the world Gislebert and Jonas inhabit.
This audio version is well narrated and easy to listen too and the story itself is like stepping through a veil into a world full of magic and a courtly ideal that, as Gislebert eventually discovers, is full of hopes and dreams, but was likely never real for most people.
September 23, 2018
On a quest for love rather than honour, Gislebert the troubadour leaves the comfort of Margate castle to seek Nadine, a servant woman who he was smitten with years ago. Along the say he meets Jonas, a thief-or at least that is what appears to be the case. However not everything is as it seems and Gislebert soon finds himself on a quest which is becoming far more than he thought it would be. While teaching a lesson on 'not everything is as if seems' Hunt masterfully weaves in biblical perspective and the need for love and truth to go hand in hand. While I wasn't kept guessing in this book as I did with Afton of Margate, there were still many twists and turns in the plotline making it an enjoyable read while learning much.
June 8, 2022
Giving this book 5 stars because it is the first big novel I read that wasn't star wars or star trek.
It was interesting enough that I read it from cover to cover all those ago and still remember the story, the characters and many of the scenes.
I've never re-read a book -A habit I'm hoping to someday form- but this is definitely on my to re-read list.
It was interesting enough that I read it from cover to cover all those ago and still remember the story, the characters and many of the scenes.
I've never re-read a book -A habit I'm hoping to someday form- but this is definitely on my to re-read list.
September 28, 2018
Kept me wanting to read all through the night
It was fast pacing,intriguing,humorous.i wanted more but have to end at11 work in the morning very good book,I recommend to anyone who likes romanc
It was fast pacing,intriguing,humorous.i wanted more but have to end at11 work in the morning very good book,I recommend to anyone who likes romanc
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March 4, 2021Love Overcomes All
We enjoyed the descriptive detail for the period in which the story takes place as well as the fascinating characters.
We enjoyed the descriptive detail for the period in which the story takes place as well as the fascinating characters.
October 26, 2024
Great read
This book gets four stars probably because I read it after the first book in this series. The first was my favorite, but I love them both.
This book gets four stars probably because I read it after the first book in this series. The first was my favorite, but I love them both.
April 30, 2014
I wrote a long review that somehow glitched when I went to save it, so sadly, I'll just give you the tl;dr version.
I love this book. Some people may find the main male lead a little too oblivious or unbelievable, but the story is strong and well paced and I couldn't put it down. This story is full of nostalgia for me, but I think it stands well enough alone to maintain its position as one of my favorite books, and the one that started my love for historical fiction and gender-bender stories. It was also one of the first positive portrayals of Christianity that I had experienced in fiction, with the author working in scripture into the story pretty seamlessly, which I loved. It is a love story, not a gospel story, and my only complaint is that the reprinted version has a ton of simple and easily fixed spelling errors.
I love this book. Some people may find the main male lead a little too oblivious or unbelievable, but the story is strong and well paced and I couldn't put it down. This story is full of nostalgia for me, but I think it stands well enough alone to maintain its position as one of my favorite books, and the one that started my love for historical fiction and gender-bender stories. It was also one of the first positive portrayals of Christianity that I had experienced in fiction, with the author working in scripture into the story pretty seamlessly, which I loved. It is a love story, not a gospel story, and my only complaint is that the reprinted version has a ton of simple and easily fixed spelling errors.
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September 1, 2008similar to the first book, but with different characters.
December 27, 2010
well written with realistic characters
July 25, 2011
I adored this book as part of a stellar series :)
April 14, 2013
Read this a long time ago. Didn't even realize it is part of a series. I'll love to re-read it sometime in the future
May 25, 2013
Unfortunately it was a similar tale, but I think i liked the characters better
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May 5, 2015So involved!!
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