In chronicling one of the most storied incidents in medieval history, The Troubadour's Song opens a fascinating new window on the turbulent late twelfth century, when the realities of violence and geopolitics were juxtaposed against chivalric ideals, courts of love, and unparalleled tolerance. Truly a king's ransom, one quarter of the entire wealth of England, was paid by Richard's powerful mother, Eleanor of Aquitaine, to secure his release. Trying to make his way home in disguise, he was arrested and handed over to Henry VI, the Holy Roman Emperor, who held him for ransom. Summary: On his way back from the Third Crusade in 1192, Richard the Lionheart, one of England's most famous and romantic kings, was shipwrecked and stranded near Venice. Subject: Richard the Lionheart -Kings -Great Britain -History. Originally published in Great Britain in 2005 by Penguin.
Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. An exceptional copy fine in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved.
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