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Lionheart (Hardcover)
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Lionheart (Hardcover)
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Loot Price R527
Discovery Miles 5 270
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Richard I (1157-99) was king of England from 1189 until his death,
but he is best known as a soldier, not a monarch. He earned his
moniker Richard the Lionheart as a knight and military leader, and
his revolt against his father Henry II and his conquest of Cyprus
as part of the Crusades helped to solidify his historical legend.
In "Lionheart", Norwegian author Thorvald Steen, celebrated for his
historical novels, brings his characteristic accuracy and artistic
vision to the life of Richard I. "Lionheart" is the story of a man
living in the shadow of his own myth, also a fanatic general who
wants to conquer the world's greatest sanctum and a king who is
suddenly vulnerable. At the age of fifteen he leads an army against
his father. Fourteen years later he is the Pope's obvious choice to
lead the third Crusade. But the Richard of Steen's novel is less
sure of himself and his role - is it true that he is God's chosen
one, like his mother says? Drawing on extensive research, Steen
paints a dark and conflicted, yet credible and convincing, portrait
of a man who has engrossed historians, poets, novelists, and
readers for centuries.
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