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Lionheart
Douglas Boyd
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Description for Lionheart
Hardcover.
When people think of Richard the Lionheart they recall the scene at the end of every Robin Hood epic when he returns from the Crusades to punish his treacherous brother John and the wicked Sheriff of Nottingham. In reality Richard detested England and the English, was deeply troubled by his own sexuality and was noted for greed, not generosity, and for murder rather than mercy. In youth Richard showed no interest in girls; instead, a taste for cruelty and a rapacity for gold that would literally be the death of him. To save his own skin, he repeatedly abandoned his ... Read more
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Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780752476605
SKU
V9780752476605
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Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10
About Douglas Boyd
DOUGLAS BOYD was trained as a Russian language snooper on Warsaw Pact air forces, based at a secret RAF SIGINT base in Berlin. He first put his lifelong fascination with history to professional use when scripting and directing historical reconstructions as a BBC Television producer, and he is a well-published author of books such as 'Moscow Rules' and 'The Other ... Read more
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