by Sir Walter Scott
Dramatised for broadcasting in three parts by Mabel Constanduros
Produced by Hugh Stewart
Part 2
Cast in order of speaking:
Richard Coeur-de -Lion has been ill of a fever in the camp near Acre where the hosts of the Crusaders were assembled. He was miraculously cured by a physician sent by the common enemy, Saladin. His recovery was secretly unwelcome to Conrade, Marquis of Monserrat, and the Grand Master of the Templars. These two plotted secretly how they might sow dissension between the various leaders of the Crusade, for they had come to the conclusion that it would suit them better if the venture should fail and the Crusaders should go back, leaving Monserrat and the Grand Master to make a separate peace with Saladin.