My Lord Brother The Lion Heart Author:Molly Costain Haycraft The Politics of Love - — Marry an Infidel! How could Richard even suggest it! She, Princess Joan of England and the widowed queen of Sicily, to be traded like some worthless bauble at Richard's slightest whim. Never! She would not stand for it. She would rouse the nobles and the clergy against this heinous scheme. — Joan knew that she must best Ri... more »chard at this diplomacy of love. The stakes she played for were too high to lose. For Joan's heart had already chosen the man she would wed. And no Saracen prince, Holy Crusade, or plotting of King Richard the Lion Heart would keep her from her heart's desire...« less