The Three Queens of Richard the Lionheart
Author: India Millar
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Published: 2016-10-07
Total Pages: 514
ISBN-13: 9781539363996
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →It was said that the very angels in heaven wept with envy at Richard the Lionheart's coronation. The man the world knew as the perfect king, tall, commanding, handsome. The man who was thought to speak all known languages and could play every instrument. The man who was the most perfect knight in the whole of Christendom.And yet .... there was another side to this king of kings. A darker side. A side that only the women in his life knew. The women who shaped him and made him what he was. His mother, the great Eleanor of Aquitaine. Queen of France and England. His sister, Johanna Plantagenet. Queen of Sicily. And above all, his only wife, Berengaria of Navarre, Princess of Spain and Queen of England and Cyprus. The only Queen of England never to set foot in England.The Three Queens of Richard the Lionheart.Each woman knew a very different King to that shown to the world. Each knew a different side to the man.This is their story. A story based on true events in the lives of these extraordinary women. A story of lies and intrigue and courage in the face of adversity. And above all, a story of love and the triumph of the spirit that lives inside each and every woman.There is an old Nordic proverb that says "In every woman, there is a Queen. Talk to the woman and the Queen will answer." Listen to what these three queens have to say, and make you mind up as to the truth of that proverb!Avoidance of annoyance warning! Some of the material in this book was first published under the title of "Romancing the Rose".