'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.
| ISBN: | 9780141989938 |
| Publication date: | 25th April 2019 |
| Author: | Thomas S Asbridge |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 144 pages |
| Series: | Penguin Monarchs. The Houses of Normandy, Blois and Anjou |
| Genres: |
European history: medieval period, middle ages Biography: historical, political and military Biography: royalty European history: the Normans |