The hero of a new book by the famous medievalist historian Jean Flory, Bohemond of Antioch was one of the leaders of the First Crusade and was one of the most famous crusaders of that era. His very turbulent life, full of ups and downs, can become an illustration of the era of the Crusades and the history of Western European chivalry. The eldest son of the Norman knight Robert Guiscard, who rose from a simple knight to the ruler of southern Italy, Bohemond answered the call of Pope Urban II to go to reconquer the Holy Land. Together with the crusader army, he participated in all the major battles of the First Crusade: he fought with the Seljuk Turks in the Battle of Dorileum, and besieged a key strategic point in Northern Syria, Antioch. Thanks to his courage, diplomatic talents and dexterity, he became the ruler of the first Christian state in the Middle East - the Principality of Antioch. It was no coincidence that Jean Flory wrote a biography of Bohemond - in this experienced military leader and brilliant knight, as if in a mirror, all the virtues and vices of the crusader army were reflected: devout piety and thirst for profit, unparalleled courage and ferocious cruelty. Using Bohemond as an example, Jean Flory shows the underside of the crusader epic: strife and behind-the-scenes struggle for power and influence in the crusader camp, secret negotiations with the Byzantines and Muslims, preparations for military operations and battles. Jean Flory's biography of Bohemond of Antioch is not only a gripping epic, but also the untold story of the First Crusade.