A Kings Ransom (Plantagenets #5)

Posted on 14 July 2018 by Sharon Kay Penman

From the New York Times bestselling author of Lionheart comes the dramatic sequel, telling of the last dangerous years of Richard, Coeur de Lion s life This long anticipated sequel to the national bestseller Lionheart is a vivid and heart wrenching story of the last event filled years in the life of Richard, Coeur de Lion Taken captive by the Holy Roman Emperor while en route home in violation of the papal decree protecting all crusaders he was to spend fifteen months chained in a dungeon while Eleanor of Aquitaine moved heaven and earth to raise the exorbitant ransom But a further humiliation awaited him he was forced to kneel and swear fealty to his bitter enemy For the five years remaining to him, betrayals, intrigues, wars, and illness were ever present So were his infidelities, perhaps a pattern set by his father s faithlessness to Eleanor But the courage, compassion, and intelligence of this warrior king became the stuff of legend, and A King s Ransom brings the man and his world fully and powerfully alive. Best Read [ A Kings Ransom (Plantagenets #5) ] Author [ Sharon Kay Penman ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr I don t think it s any secret that I m a huge Penman fan or Penmenian as Jerelyn has coined it , and I was thrilled to spot this on the Vine newsletter and get an early shot at it.This is a difficult book to review, since those who are familiar with Richard s history don t need another rehash, and those fresh to the story don t need me spilling the beans And trust me, there are plenty of surprises to be had, even for those who think they know about Richard being held hostage and his troubles w I don t think it s any secret that I m a huge Penman fan or Penmenian as Jerelyn has coined it , and I was thrilled to spot this on the Vine newsletter and get an early shot at it.This is a difficult book to review, since those who are familiar with Richard s history don t need another rehash, and those fresh to the story don t need me spilling the beans And trust me, there are plenty of surprises to be had, e... Your Pride Will Be Your Undoing, LionheartA King s Ransom is the sweeping, adventurous sequel to Lionheart , a masterfully spun novel of the last seven years of Richard I s life 1192 1199, focusing on the period of his capture, imprisonment, and ransoming by Heinrich Hohenstaufen, the Holy Roman Emperor It is a homeric epic that retells the life of this legendary hero in IMAX detail The author takes great care to keep historical veracity while weaving well thought out strategies and moti Your Pride Will Be Your Undoing, LionheartA King s Ransom is the sweeping, adventurous sequel to Lionheart , a masterfully spun novel of the last seven years of Richard I s life 1192 1199, focusing on the period of his capture, imprisonment, and ransoming by Heinrich Hohenstaufen, the Holy Roman Emperor It is a homeric epic that retells the life of this legendary hero in IMAX detail The author takes great care to keep historical veracity while weaving well thought out strategies and motives, clearing a few myths a...Wow What a ride Sharon Kay Penman has done it again She has made a 700 page book seem short She has transported me to the 12th century and made me feel like I belong there She has made me cry over the deaths of people I know to be long dead.I will admit, Lionheart was my least favorite of Penman s books, though it was still amazing by most standards With the addition of A King s Ransom, it s getting difficult to rank her books because I want to place them all on top I expected this book Wow What a ride Sharon Kay Penman has done it again She has made a 700 page book seem short She has transported me to the 12th century and made me feel like I belong there She has made me cry over the deaths of people I know to be long dead.I will admit, Lionheart was my least favorite of Penman s books, though it was still amazing by most standards With the addition of A King s Ransom, it s getting difficult to rank her books because I want to place them all on top I expected this book to be informative, knowing the au...This is the first Sharon Kay Penman book I have read and I am simply astounded by it I have never read an author who packs so much history into a novel and it is so readable and easy to understand There is a large cast of characters as Kings often move in large groups of people and yet I was able to keep them straight I did not have to refer to a cast of cha...Penman s epic novels about the lives of English royalty are much beloved by many and with good reason Penman s most recent novel completes her cycle about Richard the Lionhearted, including both Lionheart and A King s Ransom Penman s novels engage in a kind of alchemy that s worth analyzing in a review because you won t be aware of it while you re in the midst of reading That s the point she s so good at it you won t notice what she s doing you ll be caught in the story She does three things Penman s epic novels about the lives of English royalty are much beloved by many and with good reason Penman s most recent novel completes her cycle about Richard the Lionhearted, including both Lionheart and A King s Ransom Penman s novels engage in a kind of alchemy that s worth analyzing in a review because you won t be aware of it while you re in the midst of reading That s the point she s so good at it you won t notice what she s doing you ll be caught in the story She does three things as a writer that ought to make the reader draw back or slow down, and yet, they don t In the hands of a less skillful writer these stylistic choices would, but the magic here works Hence my claim that Penman is a kind of literary alchemist, turning the ordinary or even disastrous in most writers hands into something transformed and transforming So what are the three things One is the length of her b...What a wonderful, brilliant book.I have just torn through Sharon Penman s new release in three days flat, the last of which I read the last full two thirds of the book 393 pages out of 685 total I feel exhausted How much greater a mammoth task must it have been to have written a novel as detailed, as thoroughly researched and nuanced as this The term page turner is often applied to a good book these days, but there are rare occasions when the term is inadequate, insufficient This is one What a wonderful, brilliant book.I have just torn through Sharon Penman s new release in three days flat, the last of which I read the last full two thirds of the book 393 pages out of 685 total I feel exhausted How much greater a mammoth task must it have been to have written a novel as detailed, as thoroughly researched and nuanced as this The term page turner is often applied to a good book the...I believe Sharon Key Penman could write an exhaustively detailed history of the making of brown paper bags and manage to make it a thrilling roller coaster ride of a story I have read every single one of her books at least twice and still find myself racing through each one to see what happens next That same feeling was with me throughout this entire book Like most of us I grew up with an idealized view of Richard the Lionheart that was fostered by Robin Hood and Evil King John...Ms Penman has done an admirable job of telling the story of the last years of Richard I s life In this volume the author tells Richard s story starting with his shipwreck off the Balkan coast as he is returning from the 3rd Crusade and follows Richard and his family thru to his death and ends with the death of his mother, Eleanor of Aquitaine In between is a masterful telling of the events of the last seven y...It s a given that every time Sharon Kay Penman writes a new novel, I ll preorder it, and get my greedy mitts on it This one I was looking forward to in particular in that it was the follow up to her previous novel Lionheart, which told the story of Richard the Lionheart s time in the Holy Land during the Third Crusade But many authors skip over what happened ...Penman Need I saySuperbly researched novel Great writing Amongst all the characters and yes, there are many Penman makes you feel for these people You get attached to them, flaws an all On a personal note, I m the type when I read I like to stop and google Is this castle still here Church When I began reading this, I was planning my October vacation My plans changed After Penman s descriptions I ...

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14 July 2018

Sharon Kay Penman