Dimensions
167 x 244 x 30mm
July 1193: Richard Lionheart, eldest and most favoured son of Dowager Queen Eleanor of Aquitane, languishes in an Austrian dungeon, held for ransom by the Holy Roman Emperor. Lusting after the crown back in England, his brother John plots with his country's bitterest foe, King Philippe of France, to see it Richard never leaves Austria alive.
But the Queen has already begun to meet the ransom demands, and it is only a matter of time before the Austrians turn over their royal prisoner. And then one of the ransom payments vanishes in the hills of Wales, itself wracked by rebellion and intrigue. Into this maelstrom, Eleanor sends her trusted man, Justin de Quincy - and murder soon follows . . .
First introduced in 'The Queen's Man', which won a Mystery Writers of America nomination, Justin de Quincy returns in Sharon Penman's strongest mystery to date.
