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DRAGON'S LAIR; A Medieval Mystery
by Penman, Sharon Kay
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0399150773
- ISBN 13
- 9780399150777
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About This Item
New York: A Marian Wood Book / G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2003. First Edition. Cloth and boards. Fine/Fine. Small 8vo, purple quarter cloth over red boards, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket using 14th century illuminated vignette of King John, [viii] + 322 pages + [2] Acknowledgments. The third in her award-winning series of mysteries set in 12th century France and England during the time of Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine, imprisoned Richard the Lionheart, and malicious King John. Richard Lionheart, eldest and most favored son of Dowager Queen Eleanor, languishes in a German dungeon, held for ransom by the Holy Roman Emperor. In England, his brother John, desperate for the crown, plots with the King of France to make sure Richard never leaves prison alive. But the queen has already begun to meet the ransom demands . . . and then one of the payments vanishes in remote Wales. Queen Eleanor sends her trusted man, Justin de Quincy, and murder quickly follows! Superior condition!
Synopsis
The long-awaited third novel in Sharon Kay Penman's much-loved medieval mystery series.July 1193: Richard Lionheart, eldest and most favored son of Dowager Queen Eleanor of Aquitane, languishes in an Austrian dungeon, held for ransom by the Holy Roman Emperor. Lusting after the crown in England, his brother John plots with his country's bitterest foe, King Philippe of France, to see to 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 fastnesses 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-an Edgar nominee for best first mystery-Justin de Quincy returns in what may well be Penman's strongest mystery to date.
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- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 994
- Title
- DRAGON'S LAIR; A Medieval Mystery
- Author
- Penman, Sharon Kay
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0399150773
- ISBN 13
- 9780399150777
- Publisher
- A Marian Wood Book / G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- Medieval, Richard the Lionhearted, King John, ransom, prison, Queen, detection, England
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