Heiress Marian Fitzwater, wed at the age of five and widowed at seventeen without having seen her husband in years, turns to Robin Hood for help in discovering who the queen has selected as her new bridegroom and when the choice is not to her liking, she runs off with the handsome prince of thieves and begins life as an outlaw.
Having returned to a politically unstable England after the Crusades, brothers Will and Gavin--with the help of the red horse Hosanna--attempt to rescue their friend Ellie who is being held prisoner by an enemy of King Richard I.
treachery, adultery, and murder in medieval England
Weir, Alison
2007
Chronicles the life of Isabella of England, discussing her childhood in France, her marriage to the heir of England's throne, her influence on England society, and other related topics.
the capture, imprisonment, and ransom of Richard the Lionheart
Boyle, David
2005
Re-creates the twelfth-century kidnapping and ransom of Richard the Lionheart, who was captured while trying to return to his home after the Third Crusade.
A biography of Eleanor of Aquitaine, discussing her early years in twelfth-century Europe, her marriages to France's King Louis VII and England's Henry II, her unprecedented political power, and other aspects of her life.
Richard the Lionheart rides off on a Crusade to reclaim Jerusalem from the infidels, leaving his country vulnerable to an unknown power that has brought down the wall between worlds and threatens to destroy all of England.
Justin de Quincy is summoned to Paris, where he learns of a document implicating him in a plot to kill his brother, King Richard, forcing Justin to find out who forged the document before Justin is accused of regicide.
Branded as traitors by the king's authorities, Crispin and his guardian, Bear, flee to coastal towns in fourteenth-century England, where they perform a musical juggling act and bond as a family after befriending a disfigured girl.
Justin de Quincy, the illegitimate son of a high cleric, becomes invaluable to Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine when he delivers a letter to her with information about the fate of her first-born son, Richard Lionheart, England's king.
