III / Book II

Setting
A Flicker of Darkness

The locations and historical environments relevant to A Flicker of Darkness, drawn from the master series atlas.

Constantinople

Successive Crusader armies gather outside the imperial capital, where oaths, supplies and mutual suspicion shape their passage into Anatolia.

The Seljuk capital besieged by the Crusader armies and recovered for Byzantium at the opening of the Anatolian campaign.

The site of the Crusaders’ decisive early battle against the forces of Kilij Arslan during the crossing of Anatolia.

After the march across Anatolia, the Crusader host endures a long siege before capturing Antioch and surviving a counter-siege within its walls.

Baldwin’s departure from the main army creates the County of Edessa, the first Latin state founded during the Crusade.

The destination of the First Crusade and site of its final siege, capture and massacre in July 1099.