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1) A king's ransom

Author

Penman, Sharon Kay

Series

Henry II novels volume 5
Plantagenets

Publisher

G. P. Putnam's Sons, a member of Penguin Group (USA)

Pub. Date

c2014.

Language

English

Description

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"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...

2) Merlin redux

Author

Duncan, Dave

Series

Enchanter General volume 3

Publisher

Night Shade Books

Pub. Date

[2019]

Language

English

Description

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"Sir Durwin must overcome a cloak-and-dagger plot to usurp the king in the final novel of the Enchanter General, a historical fantasy trilogy set in twelfth century England. King Henry is dead; Richard the Lionheart now rules England. The new king does not believe in magic, and is interested only in a crusade to recapture Jerusalem. But his crusade soon stalls, and while he is away, his brother, John, and his supposed ally, Philip of France, are conspiring...

3) Cruel as the grave: a medieval mystery

Author

Penman, Sharon Kay

Series

Justin de Quincy mysteries volume 2

Pub. Date

1998

Language

English

Description

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Justin de Quincy, working on behalf of Eleanor of Aquitaine to find her missing son Richard Lionheart and prevent Prince John from usurping the throne, is distracted when he becomes obsessed with the death of a beautiful, beloved young girl found murdered in a local churchyard.

4) Lionheart

Author

Penman, Sharon Kay

Series

Henry II novels volume 4
Thorndike Press large print historical fiction
Lionheart volume 1
Plantagenets

Language

English

Formats

Book, Large Print

Description

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A tale inspired by the life and reign of Richard I traces how a second surviving son of Henry Plantagenet and Eleanor of Aquitaine inherits the throne from his brother before embarking on the Third Crusade and a war against the Saracens, a conflict that is complicated by the schemes of his usurping borther, John.