Lionheart

Zusatztext The great Crusader king Richard the Lionheart comes alive in all his complex splendor in this masterpiece of a medieval tapestry Informationen zum Autor Sharon Penman is the author of several historical novels and medieval mysteries set during the Middle Ages. Her novels include Lionheart , about Richard I and the Crusades, A King's Ransom , completing the story of Richard I, and The Sunne in Splendour about the end of England's War of the Roses. She lives in Mays Landing, New Jersey. Klappentext 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 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. In this gripping narrative of passion, intrigue, battle and deceit, Penman reveals a true and complex Richard - a man remarkable for his power and intelligence, his keen grasp of warfare and his concern for the safety of his men, who followed him against all odds. The epic story of heroic yet controversial Richard the Lionheart Zusammenfassung The epic story of heroic yet controversial Richard the Lionheart

Product details

• Authors: Sharon Penman, Sharon K. Penman
• Publisher: Pan Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 03.01.2013
• EAN: 9781447205364
• ISBN: 978-1-4472-0536-4
• No. of pages: 600
• Dimensions: 132 mm x 197 mm x 38 mm
• Series: Pan Books; Richard the Lionheart; Richard the Lionheart
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Belletristik: allgemein und literarisch, FICTION / Historical, 12. Jahrhundert (1100 bis 1199 n. Chr.), Englische Belletristik / Historischer Roman, Erzählung, Englische Bücher / Belletristik / Historischer Roman, Erzählung, Amerikanische Belletristik / Historischer Roman, Erzählung, historical; history; Richard I; King Richard; British history; historical fiction; battle; crusade; royalty; House of Plantagenet; monarchs; Plantagenet kings