The Book of the Lion Chapter 27 Summary

  • Everyone is cheering like mad for the king, but as the cheers fade and King Philip of France comes to greet them it's clear the king isn't well. He groans and starts to fall.
  • Everyone in camp begins to work with new enthusiasm; the catapults continue in the background, with their crashing and groaning.
  • The king lies sick in his tent for days. There are all sorts of rumors about the state he's in, but no one knows for sure.
  • Meanwhile, the enemy pitches camp a little closer to them than they did before…