Gaty's Tale by Kevin Crossley-Holland

This is a story of Gary who is chosen to travel with Lady Gwyneth de Ewloe on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.  The author put a lot of research into the time and place that they story took place.  I most enjoyed reading about all the details of the middle ages, a place and time that is so different from the one I live in.  It is a tale of female heroism in a world dominated by men.  Though in the end it does not deviate from the familiar happily ever after fairly tale that we are so familiar with.