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raccoon

(31,624 posts)
Tue Apr 22, 2014, 07:46 AM Apr 2014

This morning I finished A KING'S RANSOM by Sharon Kay Penman. It deals with Richard the Lion-Hearted


during his captivity and the last years of his reign.

As usual, she tells a great story. She portrays people of the medieval period as people of their time, not as
twenty-first century people with medieval clothes or armor on, but thinking like a modern person--as some historical
novelists are guilty of doing.

If you're into historical fiction, I highly recommend this book, as well as her other works.





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This morning I finished A KING'S RANSOM by Sharon Kay Penman. It deals with Richard the Lion-Hearted (Original Post) raccoon Apr 2014 OP
Thank you shenmue Apr 2014 #1
Thanks for the recommendation. Curmudgeoness Apr 2014 #2

shenmue

(38,540 posts)
1. Thank you
Tue Apr 22, 2014, 07:58 AM
Apr 2014

I've read some of her stuff before. She's good. I may get this one out of the library.

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
2. Thanks for the recommendation.
Tue Apr 22, 2014, 06:26 PM
Apr 2014

I love historical fiction, and you sold me with the comment about the characters being portrayed as they should be for the time.

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