The Trinity Crown
Hilary Rhodes
- From
- the
- author
- of
- The
- Lion
- and
- the
- Rose
- and
- The
- Aetheling's
- Bride
- series
- comes
- The
- Trinity
- Crown,
- leading
- us
- into
- the
- world
- of
- one
- of
- the
- most
- famous
- --
- and
- controversial
- --
- kings
- in
- English
- history:
- Richard
- the
- Lionheart.
- A
- singularly
- flawed,
- complex,
- and
- brilliant
- man,
- visionary
- battle
- commander,
- and
- ahead
- of
- his
- time
- in
- many
- ways,
- yet
- one
- who
- would
- ultimately
- be
- undone
- by
- his
- pride
- and
- secrets,
- Richard
- has
- finally
- become
- king
- in
- the
- year
- 1189
- on
- the
- eve
- of
- the
- Third
- Crusade,
- and
- is
- surrounded
- by
- the
- delicate
- and
- dangerous
- politics
- of
- power
- and
- treachery
- and
- their
- players:
- his
- mother,
- the
- formidable
- Eleanor
- of
- Aquitaine,
- his
- jealous,
- dispossessed
- brother
- John,
- his
- closest
- friend
- turned
- bitterest
- rival,
- Philip
- Augustus,
- King
- of
- France,
- and
- the
- confrontation
- that
- awaits
- him
- in
- the
- Holy
- Land,
- with
- Sultan
- Saladin
- and
- the
- ultimate
- battle
- for
- the
- fate
- of
- Jerusalem
- and
- the
- future
- of
- Muslims
- and
- Christians
- alike.
- For
- the
- young
- Spanish
- princess
- who
- will
- soon
- become
- his
- wife,
- Berengaria
- of
- Navarre,
- Richard
- resembles
- nothing
- so
- much
- as
- the
- towering
- chivalric
- hero,
- fully
- worthy
- of
- the
- status
- he
- earned
- in
- his
- own
- lifetime
- and
- the
- name
- by
- which
- he
- would
- hence
- be
- known:
- Coeur-de-Lion.
- But
- she,
- all
- the
- participants
- on
- the
- Crusade
- --
- including
- a
- young
- Scottish
- knight,
- Adam
- fitz
- Robert
- --
- and
- Richard
- himself
- are
- about
- to
- be
- tested
- in
- unimaginable
- ways.Written
- with
- the
- same
- eye
- for
- detail,
- extensive
- historical
- research,
- humor,
- adventure,
- and
- storytelling
- flair
- as
- the
- saga
- of
- William
- the
- Conqueror,
- The
- Trinity
- Crown
- introduces
- us
- anew
- to
- his
- legendary
- great-great
- grandson,
- challenging
- expectations,
- redrawing
- conclusions,
- and
- bringing
- history
- to
- full,
- colorful,
- complex
- life.
- Spanning
- England,
- France,
- the
- Holy
- Land,
- and
- the
- broad
- tapestry
- of
- medieval
- Europe,
- from
- the
- battlefields
- of
- the
- Crusade
- to
- the
- backroom
- political
- intrigues
- of
- Popes
- and
- princes,
- from
- the
- obsessive,
- poisonously
- personal
- rivalry
- between
- two
- kings
- to
- its
- eventual
- shattering
- end,
- The
- Trinity
- Crown
- continues
- the
- story
- of
- William's
- legacy
- and
- that
- of
- his
- descendants,
- one
- of
- the
- most
- dynamic,
- talented,
- and
- flawed
- families
- in
- history:
- the Plantagenets.
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