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Lionheart : the true story of England's Crusader King / Douglas Boyd.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Boyd, Douglas, 1938-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Richard I, King of England, 1157-1199.
- Richard.
- Great Britain--History--Richard I, 1189-1199.
- Great Britain.
- History.
- Great Britain--Kings and rulers--Biography.
- Kings and rulers.
- Crusades--Third, 1189-1192.
- Crusades.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 223 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Stroud, Gloucestershire : The History Press, 2014.
- Contents:
- Part 1 The Education of a Prince 13
- 1 To Eleanor, a Son 15
- 2 Duke to King, Duchess to Queen 25
- 3 Court "Whores and Confusion 32
- 4 The 15-Year-Old Duke 38
- Part 2 A Life of Violence 49
- 5 Rebellion and Betrayal 51
- 6 Death of a Prince 62
- 7 Heir to the Empire 72
- 8 The Hell of Hattin 77
- 9 The Call of Destiny 87
- 10 The Enemy Within 95
- Part 3 The Crusader King 103
- 11 Death by the Sword, Death by Sickness, Death by Starvation 105
- 12 Of Cogs and Cargo 112
- 13 Sea-Sickness and Siege 120
- 14 A Bride for Richard 129
- 15 If it be God's Will... 142
- 16 Exit Philip Augustus 152
- 17 Blood on the Sand, Blood in the Mud 159
- Part 4 Riding to a Fall
- 18 The Cost of an Insult 173
- 19 Richard and Robin Hood? Maybe 185
- 20 Good King Richard 195
- 21 Death in Agony 204
- 22 Of a Siege, Sex and Saddles 213.
- Notes:
- Includes index
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Albert C. Baugh Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780752476605
- 0752476602
- OCLC:
- 862098935
- Publisher Number:
- 99957347351
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