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BLONDEL`S SONG: THE CAPTURE, IMPRISONMENT AND RANSOM OF RICHARD THE LIONHEART
by BOYLE DAVID:
- Used
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- ISBN 10
- 067091486X
- ISBN 13
- 9780670914869
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About This Item
LONDON, PENGUIN/VIKING, 2005. 1ST EDITION. FINE COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP.
Synopsis
On his way back from the crusades, one of England's most famous and romantic medieval kings was ship-wrecked and stranded near Venice. Trying to make his way home in disguise, he was arrested and imprisoned and effectively disappeared. He didn't return home for another fifteen months, and at enormous cost – a quarter of the entire wealth of England was paid to win his release.The extraordinary events surrounding Richard the Lionheart's disappearance provides the background to some of the most colourful and enduring legends – Robin Hood, the Sheriff of Nottingham, the discovery of King Arthur's grave, and above all, the story of Blondel, Richard's faithful minstrel, and his journey across central Europe – singing under castle towers – until he finds the missing king.Blondel's Song tells the tale of one of the most peculiar incidents of medieval history, and the background to the real Blondel and his fellow troubadours, as well as the courts of love, the Holy Grail, emergence of gothic cathedrals like Notre Dame and Chartres, and the unique moment of tolerance in the West – when Europe shared a language, and a new culture of music, romance and chivalry.
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- Bookseller
- Hawkridge Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 33721
- Title
- BLONDEL`S SONG: THE CAPTURE, IMPRISONMENT AND RANSOM OF RICHARD THE LIONHEART
- Author
- BOYLE DAVID:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 067091486X
- ISBN 13
- 9780670914869
- Publisher
- LONDON, PENGUIN/VIKING, 2005
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- January 2005
- Keywords
- RICHARD THE LIONHEART, HISTORY 067091486X
- Bookseller catalogs
- HISTORY;
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BAKEWELL, Derbyshire
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Visit our website at www.hawkridge.co.ukHawkridge Books – quality books with a quality service. Fine and antiquarian books bought and sold, specialising in natural history, particularly ornithology, but also including books on a wide range of interesting subjects. Hawkridge Books is owned and run by Irene and Joe Tierney; this means that customers are provided with a personal service and given individual attention. We have been in the book business for over 20 years and ran a bookshop in the Peak District village of Castleton for 15 years. The shop was closed in 2010 and we moved our best stock to our home in Broomhill, Sheffield. The current stock runs to some 7,000 volumes. Although we specialise in ornithology, where we have 1100 volumes, and natural history (700 volumes), we have books in all subjects. For example, we have 700 books published by the Folio Society, 400 history books, and a similar number on topography, including 200 books on Derbyshire. All our books are selected to ensure that they are in the best condition and any faults are mentioned.
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