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'Here is the English sovereign as a crusader, battling on the fringes of the known world; the warrior-king ... imbued with the heart of a lion'

Even within his own lifetime Richard I, dubbed the 'Lionheart', attained a kind of semi-mythical status as a paragon of chivalry, yet his reign is both controversial and full of contradictions. Seeking to reconcile the conflicting evidence, Thomas Asbridge's incisive reappraisal of Richard I's career questions how the memory of his life came to be interwoven with myth.

Richard I (Penguin Monarchs): The Crusader King

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'Here is the English sovereign as a crusader, battling on the fringes of the known world; the warrior-king ... imbued... Read more

    Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
    Publication Date: 25/04/2019
    ISBN13: 9780141989938, 978-0141989938
    ISBN10: 0141989939

    Number of Pages: 144

    Non Fiction , Biography

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    'Here is the English sovereign as a crusader, battling on the fringes of the known world; the warrior-king ... imbued with the heart of a lion'

    Even within his own lifetime Richard I, dubbed the 'Lionheart', attained a kind of semi-mythical status as a paragon of chivalry, yet his reign is both controversial and full of contradictions. Seeking to reconcile the conflicting evidence, Thomas Asbridge's incisive reappraisal of Richard I's career questions how the memory of his life came to be interwoven with myth.

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