Trying To Cheat Destiny Short Stories By Paulo Coelho

Trying To Cheat Destiny Short Stories By Paulo Coelho
On his way to Galicia during the religious wars that ended with the Spanish
expelling the Arabs from the Iberian peninsula, the Emperor Charlemagne's
troops face a traitor.
Before the battle, he prayed to Santiago, who revealed to him the names of
140 soldiers who would die in the fight.
Charlemagne left these men in the camp, and went to fight.
Later that afternoon, victorious and without a single casualty in his army, he
returned to discover that the camp had been set on fire and 140 men were
dead.