The jester : a novel /
by James Patterson and Andrew Gross.
- Boston : Little, Brown, 2003.
- 457 p. ; 24 cm.
Returning home from the Crusades, a disillusioned Hugh discovers that his village has been ransacked and his wife abducted by relic-seeking knights, a situation that prompts him to pose as a court jester in order to infiltrate the castle where his wife is imprisoned.