Legend has long told the story of Blondel the Lute Player who found the lost soldierking Richard CoeurdeLionkidnapped on the way back from the great crusade to the Holy Land. Blondel found his king by travelling for months across Europe singing the first part of a lovesong which Richard and he had composed together. One day, from behind castle walls, the voice of Richard responded to the strain. But why would a minstrel embark on such a risky pilgrimage to find his king? Norah Lofts weaves a fascinating backstory to the tale of the Lionheart who strode out of the courts of twelfthcentury Europe to lead his knights onto the Saracen battlefieldinspired by a vision of the Holy Land. The Lute Player tells of the courageous Richard and his illfated union with Berengaria, Princess of Navarreof his mother, Eleanor of Aquitaine and her possessive loveand, above all, it tells of Blondel whose life was woven in with all of them and who set out on his mission as an act of great lovebut not a love for the King...

Binding: Paperback;494 pages; Publisher: Tree of Life Publishing; Classification: N/A; Weight: 600.35 g; Dimensions: N/A

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