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Lionheart

Penman, Sharon K. more...

Format: Hardback
Library Classification: Adult Fiction
BIC Subjects: Historical fiction
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Imprint: Macmillan
Publication Date: 1/05/2012
Place of Publication: United Kingdom

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Richard I was crowned King in 1189 and set off almost immediately for the Third Crusade. This was a bloody campaign to regain the Holy Land, marked by internecine warfare among the Christians and extraordinary campaigns against the Saracens. Men and women found themselves facing new sorts of challenges and facing an uncertain future. John, the youngest son, was left behind and with Richard gone, he was free to conspire with the French king to steal his brother's throne. Overshadowing the battlefields that stretched to Jerusalem and beyond were the personalities of two great adversaries: Richard and Saladin. They quickly took the measure of each other in both war and diplomacy. The result was mutual admiration: a profound acknowledgement of a worthy opponent.

"The great Crusader king Richard the Lionheart comes alive in all his complex splendor in this masterpiece of a medieval tapestry by Sharon Kay Penman. She brings him and his legendary enemy, Saladin, before us, both on the battlefield for Jerusalem and in the quiet of their private chambers. It's as if you were there, in this strange, beguiling, vanished time that haunts the Middle East even today. Penman has triumphed in capturing its elusive essence and the blazing glory of the English king called Lionheart."
-Margaret George, author of "Elizabeth I: A Novel"

Title: Lionheart
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Contributors: By (author) Sharon K. Penman

ISBN 13: 9780230764781
ISBN 10: 0230764789

Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Imprint: Macmillan
Publication Date: 1/05/2012
Place of Publication: London, United Kingdom
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BIC Subjects: Historical fiction
NBS Classification: Historical & Mythological Fiction
Dewey Classification: 813.6 (DC23)

Format: Hardback
Pages: 600
Height: 234mm
Width: 153mm