The Lute Player : A Novel of Richard the Lionhearted (Paperback)

from former_mpdg

Boring and draggy in parts, it started out great, but suffers from the fact that it doesn't treat the subject with either enough involvement or enough detachment. I normally love historical fiction, but I felt this book was lacking.

from Misfit

The Lute Player is told in several parts, with each part being told in the first person POV of one of the main characters, Blondel the Lute Player, Anna a fictional half sister of Berengaria and Eleanor of Aquitaine, Richard's mother. The story begins as Blondel finds his way to the Court of Nava...

from Kasthu

The Lute Player is the story of Richard the Lionhearted, as told from the point of view of Blondel, the eponymous lute player; Richard's mother, Eleanor of Aquitaine; and Anna Apieta, crippled half sister to Richard's wife, Berengaria. The novel focuses on Richard's reign of England (a country he...