A king's ransom
Penman, Sharon Kay2014
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The sequel to 'Lionheart'. Travelling home from the bloody battlefields of the Holy Land, the Crusader King Richard the Lionheart is shipwrecked in the Mediterranean after an encounter with pirates. He should be protected by a papal decree, but he is betrayed and captured by the Duke of Austria a man who has good reason to loathe him and is immediately claimed by the Holy Roman Emperor, who also bears him a bitter grudge. Richard is to spend fifteen months imprisoned, much of it in the notorious fortress at Trefils, which few men ever left. Meanwhile, his mother, Eleanor of Aquitaine, is moving heaven and earth to raise a staggering ransom, travelling across Europe herself to buy the release of her favourite son.
Main title:
A king's ransom / Sharon Penman.
Author:
Penman, Sharon Kay, author
Imprint:
London : Macmillan, 2014.London : Macmillan, 2014.
Collation:
685 pages : maps (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Originally published: New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons.Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9780230768055 (hbk)
Dewey class:
813.6HIS
Local class:
F
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1489881
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