A Kings Ransom, Sharon Kay Penman
A Kings Ransom, Sharon Kay Penman
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A King's Ransom

Author: Sharon Kay Penman

Narrator: Emily Gray

Unabridged: 28 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/04/2014


Synopsis

Sharon Kay Penman follows up her acclaimed novel Lionheart with the vivid and heart-wrenching story of the last event-filled years in the life of Richard I of England, Coeur de Lion.

November 1192. After his bloody crusade in the Kingdom of Jerusalem, Richard and his crew are overcome by a sudden storm, its fierce winds propelling the ship onto the Sicilian shore. But this misfortune is just the beginning. Forced to make a dangerous choice, Richard finds himself in enemy territory, where he is captured—in violation of the papal decree protecting all crusaders—and handed over to the Holy Roman Emperor. Imprisoned in the notorious fortress at Trifels, from which few ever leave alive, Richard, for the first time in his life, experiences pure, visceral fear—while his mother, Eleanor of Aquitaine, moves heaven and earth to secure his release. Amid betrayals, intrigues, infidelities, wars, and illness, Richard’s courage and intelligence will become legend.

“Massively entertaining.”—Kirkus Reviews

About Sharon Kay Penman

Sharon Kay Penman is the author of the Plantagenets series, the Welsh Princes Trilogy, and the Justin de Quincy Mysteries, among other books. Writers who admire her work include Margaret George, Steve Berry, George R. R. Martin, and Bernard Cornwell. Her readers are passionately committed. A lawyer by training, by her mid-thirties she was a full-time novelist. She lives in New Jersey.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Samantha on October 17, 2014

Wow! What a ride! Sharon Kay Penman has done it again. She has made a 700+ page book seem short. She has transported me to the 12th century and made me feel like I belong there. She has made me cry over the deaths of people I know to be long dead. I will admit, Lionheart was my least favorite of Penm......more

Goodreads review by Judith on August 30, 2014

Penman’s epic novels about the lives of English royalty are much beloved by many—and with good reason. Penman’s most recent novel completes her cycle about Richard the Lionhearted, including both Lionheart and A King’s Ransom. Penman’s novels engage in a kind of alchemy that’s worth analyzing in a r......more

Goodreads review by Rebecca on March 16, 2014

It's a given that every time Sharon Kay Penman writes a new novel, I'll preorder it, and get my greedy mitts on it. This one I was looking forward to in particular in that it was the follow up to her previous novel Lionheart, which told the story of Richard the Lionheart's time in the Holy Land duri......more