Reliquiae - Die Konstantinopel-Mission - Mittelalter-Roman über eine Reise quer durch Europa im

An unusual historical novel – amusing, entertaining, and thrilling!

The time travel adventure continues: In the second volume of the successful medieval novel series, Austrian author Christoph Görg sends his modern-day hero on a dangerous mission. Anno Domini 1193. Niki Wolff has now been living in the Middle Ages for a year. It all began at the wedding celebration of his childhood love Tina in 2017. Drunk, Niki falls from the icy wall of the Dürnstein castle ruins and lands in the year 1193. The castle inhabitants regard the stranger with suspicion, especially since a prominent prisoner is hidden in the castle: the English King Richard the Lionheart. Niki has his hands full ensuring that he does not alter the course of history. In the second volume "Reliquiae," Duke Leopold of Austria faces ruin: The Pope has excommunicated him for the imprisonment of Richard the Lionheart on his return from the Crusade. To restore his social and political status, he sends the troubadour Niki on a long and dangerous journey across Europe. He is accompanied by his arch-enemy Hadmar von Kuenring and his great love Engeltrud. The mission: To bring a relic from Constantinople to Austria that is worthy of a Pope. Far from a classic historical novel: Christoph Görg skillfully combines adventure and fantasy, humor and eroticism. The long-awaited sequel to the debut success "Troubadour – The Lionheart Conspiracy." Facts and fiction: a completely new perspective on life in the Middle Ages – told in a lively and entertaining manner. The Middle Ages meet modernity – a different kind of historical novel.

As in the predecessor "Troubadour," the author in "Reliquiae" spans a wide arc: from Wachau legends about Richard the Lionheart, the medieval minstrel Blondel, to comics like Hal Foster's "Prince Valiant," and novels like those of Sir Walter Scott.