Casilda of the Rising Moon A Tale of Magic and of Faith, of Knights and a Saint in Medieval Spain

The Moorish and Christian states of Spain are desultorily at war with one another, and the dungeon of King Alamun's castle is often filled with Christian prisoners taken by Casilda's brother, Prince Ahmed. AS Casilda and Zoriah reach marriageable age, a young Moslem prince of Jewish ancestry, Ben Haddaj, a friend of their brother, enters their lives. He is loved by Zoraida but is himself attracted to the beautiful Casilda, whom he observes on her secret nightly visits of mercy to the prisoners in the dungeon.