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ID: 209880
Title: King's Ransom
Author: Sharon Kay Penman
Narrator: Emily Gray
Format: Unabridged
Length: 27:55:00
Language: English
Release date: 03-04-14
Publisher: Recorded Books
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction
Summary:
Sharon Kay Penman follows up her acclaimed novel Lionheart with the vivid and heart-wrenching story of the last event-filled years in the life of Richard I of England, Coeur de Lion.
November 1192. After his bloody crusade in the Kingdom of Jerusalem, Richard and his crew are overcome by a sudden storm, its fierce winds propelling the ship onto the Sicilian shore. But this misfortune is just the beginning. Forced to make a dangerous choice, Richard finds himself in enemy territory, where he is capturedin violation of the papal decree protecting all crusadersand handed over to the Holy Roman Emperor. Imprisoned in the notorious fortress at Trifels, from which few ever leave alive, Richard, for the first time in his life, experiences pure, visceral fearwhile his mother, Eleanor of Aquitaine, moves heaven and earth to secure his release. Amid betrayals, intrigues, infidelities, wars, and illness, Richards courage and intelligence will become legend.
Massively entertaining.Kirkus Reviews
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