02099cam a2200325 i 4500 1164259716 TxAuBib 20140305120000.0 131112s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2013042663 9780399159220 HRD $35.00 0399159223 HRD $35.00 DLC eng DLC rda NjBwBT TxAuBib rda Penman, Sharon Kay. A king's ransom / Sharon Kay Penman. Penguin Group USA, 2014. New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, [2014] 685 pages : maps ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "A Marian Wood book.". "From the New York Times-bestselling author of Lionheart comes the dramatic sequel, telling of the last dangerous years of Richard, Couer de Lion's life. This long-anticipated sequel to the national bestseller Lionheart is a vivid and heart-wrenching story of the last event-filled years in the life of Richard, Coeur de Lion. Taken captive by the Holy Roman Emperor while en route home-in violation of the papal decree protecting all crusaders-he was to spend fifteen months imprisoned, much of it in the notorious fortress at Trefils, from which few men ever left alive, while Eleanor of Aquitaine moved heaven and earth to raise the exorbitant ransom. For the five years remaining to him, betrayals, intrigues, wars, and illness were ever present. So were hisinfidelities, perhaps a pattern set by his father's faithlessness to Eleanor. But the courage, compassion, and intelligence of this warrior king became the stuff of legend, and A King's Ransom brings the man and his world fully and powerfully alive"-- Provided by publisher. 20140305. Richard I King of England 1157-1199 Fiction. Great Britain History Richard I, 1189-1199 Fiction. Historical fiction. Biographical fiction. TXKIP