Within minutes of the TARDIS's arrival on twelfth-century Earth, the Doctor and his companions are in serious trouble.
They happen to intercept a Saracen attack on Richard the Lionheart, thereby enabling the English King to escape otherwise certain capture.
But Barbara is kidnapped and carried off by the Saracens to the Sultan Saladin's court.
Saladin spares her life - on condition she entertains his court by telling stories. And, like Scheherazade, if she fails, then she must die
Cover by Andrew Skilleter
Novelization copyright © David Whitaker, 1965
Original script copyright © David Whitaker, 1965
Doctor Who series copyright © British Broadcasting Corporation 1963, 1965, 1983
The BBC producer of The Crusade was Barry Letts, the director was Michael Briant
ISBN 0 426 11316 0
(Target edition 1983)
Illustrated by Henry Fox
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