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8%OFFDouglas Boyd - Lionheart: The True Story of England´s Crusader King - 9780750963640 - V9780750963640
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Lionheart: The True Story of England´s Crusader King

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Description for Lionheart: The True Story of England´s Crusader King Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 32 black & white illustrations, 16 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 384.

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 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 supporters, and his indifference to ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780750963640
SKU
V9780750963640
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
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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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