The Book of the Lion
Read by
Stuart Blinder
Release:
08/21/2018
Runtime:
5h 54m
Unabridged
Quantity:
A National Book Award nominee!
Returning to the same era of his "In a Dark Wood", Cadnum's majestic novel-part mystery, part history-chronicles the pageantry and brutality of the Crusades under King Richard.
Edmund, a young apprentice, is awaiting punishment as a counterfeiter when a knight intervenes on his behalf-and compels Edmund to join Richard Lionheart's forces in the Holy Land. There, amidst the savagery of the twelfth-century Crusades, Edmund learns both courage and compassion, and discovers that cruelty is sometimes considered the will of Heaven. Set in medieval England and the war-torn shores of the Middle East, Cadnum's tale weaves together a rich tapestry of storms at sea, the brutality of hand-to-hand combat, and one of the classic horse and lance battles in recorded history-the Battle of Arsuf.
Returning to the same era of his "In a Dark Wood", Cadnum's majestic novel-part mystery, part history-chronicles the pageantry and brutality of the Crusades under King Richard.
Edmund, a young apprentice, is awaiting punishment as a counterfeiter when a knight intervenes on his behalf-and compels Edmund to join Richard Lionheart's forces in the Holy Land. There, amidst the savagery of the twelfth-century Crusades, Edmund learns both courage and compassion, and discovers that cruelty is sometimes considered the will of Heaven. Set in medieval England and the war-torn shores of the Middle East, Cadnum's tale weaves together a rich tapestry of storms at sea, the brutality of hand-to-hand combat, and one of the classic horse and lance battles in recorded history-the Battle of Arsuf.
Release:
2018-08-21
Runtime:
5h 54m
Format:
audio
Weight:
0.0 lb
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780525593294
Publisher:
Penguin Random House
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