Sharon Kay Penman

A King's Ransom

New York: Marian Wood/ Putnam, 2014. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in fine dust jacket. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 685 pp. The last book in Penman's world-wide bestselling Plantagenet series of historical novels set in 12th century England. In this entry, King Richard the Lionheart is captured after the Third Crusade after his ship runs aground off Sicily. As his mother, Eleanor of Aquitaine desperately tries to raise the ransom demanded for his release, her other son and Richard's brother John has allied himself with the King of France and plots to take over the kingdom. Fine / fine. Item #E34917
ISBN: 9780399159220

Price: $17.95