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

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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.