01674cam a2200313 i 4500 164876000 TxAuBib 20140730120000.0 131112s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2013042663 9780399159220 hardback $35.00 0399159223 hardback $35.00 TxAuBib rda Penman, Sharon Kay. A king's ransom / Sharon Kay Penman. New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, a member of Penguin Group (USA), [2014] 685 pages : maps ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Lionheart ; 2 "A Marian Wood book.". "Taken captive by the Holy Roman Emperor while en route home--in violation of the papal decree protecting all crusaders--he was to spend fifteen months imprisoned, much of it in the notorious fortress at Trefils, from which few men ever left alive, while Eleanor of Aquitaine moved heaven and earth to raise the exorbitant ransom. For the five years remaining to him, betrayals, intrigues, wars, and illness were ever present. So were his infidelities, perhaps a pattern set by his father's faithlessness to Eleanor. But the courage, compassion, and intelligence of this warrior king became the stuff of legend."-- Provided by publisher. 20140730. Richard I, King of England, 1157-1199 Fiction. Great Britain History Richard I, 1189-1199 Fiction. Biographical fiction. Lionheart ; 2.