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Lionheart

by Sharon Kay Penman
Putnam. Oct. 2011. 608p. ISBN 9780399157851. $28.95.
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Richard, one of four surviving sons of Henry Plantagenet and Eleanor of Aquitaine, inherits the throne and heads to the Holy Land on the Third Crusade. Celebrated historical fiction novelist Penman, who recently wrapped up a trilogy on Richard's parents, should supply exhaustive authentic detail. For all Anglophile fiction readers.
Richard, one of four surviving sons of Henry Plantagenet and Eleanor of Aquitaine, inherits the throne and heads to the Holy Land on the Third Crusade. Celebrated historical fiction novelist Penman, who recently wrapped up a trilogy on Richard's parents, should supply exhaustive authentic detail. For all Anglophile fiction readers.
Reviewed by Barbara Hoffert , May 15, 2011
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