Sharon Kay Penman
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"The Kingdom of Jerusalem, also known as Outremer, is the land far beyond the sea. Baptized in blood when the men of the First Crusade captured Jerusalem from the Saracens in the early twelfth century, the kingdom defined an utterly new world, a land of blazing heat and a medley of cultures, a place where enemies were neighbors and neighbors became enemies. At the helm of this growing kingdom sits young Baldwin IV, an intelligent and courageous boy...
2) Lionheart
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A tale inspired by the life and reign of Richard I traces how a second surviving son of Henry Plantagenet and Eleanor of Aquitaine inherits the throne from his brother before embarking on the Third Crusade and a war against the Saracens, a conflict that is complicated by the schemes of his usurping borther, John.
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Justin de Quincy mysteries volume 2
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1998
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Justin de Quincy, working on behalf of Eleanor of Aquitaine to find her missing son Richard Lionheart and prevent Prince John from usurping the throne, is distracted when he becomes obsessed with the death of a beautiful, beloved young girl found murdered in a local churchyard.
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Welsh Princes volume 2
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In thirteenth-century England, King Henry III's sister Nell breaks tradition and marries Simon de Montfort, an outspoken nobleman who risks death in battle to preserve honor. This is Simon de Montfort's story--and the story of King Henry III, as weak and changeable as Montfort was brash and unbending. It is a saga of two opposing wills that would later clash in a storm of violence and betrayal, a story straight from the pages of history that brings...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 61
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In the 12th Century, a king's daughter and her cousin fight for the crown of England. She is Maude, the only legitimate daughter of 23 children sired by Henry I. He is Stephen of Blois, who in a daring move seizes the crown. The people accept him, but Maude will obtain revenge through her son, the future Henry II.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 16
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Justin de Quincy, the illegitimate son of a high cleric, becomes invaluable to Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine when he delivers a letter to her with information about the fate of her first-born son, Richard Lionheart, England's king.
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c2014.
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"From the New York Times-bestselling author of Lionheart comes the dramatic sequel, telling of the last dangerous years of Richard, Couer de Lion's life. This long-anticipated sequel to the national bestseller Lionheart is a vivid and heart-wrenching story of the last event-filled years in the life of Richard, Coeur de Lion. Taken captive by the Holy Roman Emperor while en route home--in violation of the papal decree protecting all crusaders--he was...
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Henry II novels volume 2
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[2002]
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IL: UG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 37
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He was nineteen when they married, she eleven years his senior, newly divorced from the King of France. She was beautiful, headstrong, intelligent, and rich. It was said he was Fortunersquo;s favorite, but he said a man makes his own luck. Within two years, Henry had made his, winning the throne of England and exercising extraordinary statecraft skills to control his unruly barons, expand his own powers, and restore peace to a land long torn by banditry...
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[2003]
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IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 16
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When her son Richard is held for ransom in an Austrian dungeon and Prince John plots with the French king to prevent Richard's return, Queen Eleanor sends Justin de Quincy into Wales to recover a ransom payment that has gone missing.
12) The Reckoning
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Welsh Princes volume 3
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[1991]
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The English and Welsh cross swords in the thirteenth century.
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[2005]
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IL: UG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 18
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Justin de Quincy is drawn into a conspiracy when he investigates a forged document that implicates Prince John in a plot to kill his brother King Richard, a scheme that also endangers the woman Justin serves, Eleanor of Aquitaine.