Pre-Owned A King's Ransom (Hardcover) 0399159223 9780399159220 (Good)

from Readers_Respite

I have, admittedly, been a fan of Penman for a good many years, ever since my forays into historical fiction quickly led me to her work. Known for her attention to historical accuracy as well as her ability to simply tell a whopping good story, she has never disappointed. However even with that i...

from JBD1

Funnily enough, in rereading my review of Lionheart, the precursor to this volume, I found that I could have basically written just about the same exact text for this one (the one departure being that it hasn't been quite so long since I read one of Penman's books). Aside from a few oddly exposit...

from Romonko

I have been a Sharon Kay Penmaniac for a very long time and I have read each and every one of her books about the Angevin family, and depicting the lives of this very colourful family was a work of love that took Ms. Penman 20 years to create. There are five wonderful books in this historical ser...

from japaul22

This is the last in the series of books describing the Angevin/Plantagenet dynasty, from King Stephen and Queen Maud through Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, and ending with Richard the Lionheart's death and King John's ascension to the throne. I love all of Penman's books, but this was a fav...

from john257hopper

This is the follow up volume to Sharon Penman's Lionheart, and the action picks up when Richard is on the way back from the Third Crusade, and has to divert overland through the middle of Europe. Thus begins the chain of events leading to his capture by Leopold of Austria and incarceration for a ...