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Queen's Man
Author: Sharon Kay Penman

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Publisher: Ballantine Books
Book Type: Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9780345417183 - ISBN-10: 0345417186
Publication Date: 4/14/1998
Pages: 320


Other Versions of this Book: Paperback, Hardcover

Book Description:
Epiphany, 1193. Eleanor of Aquitaine sits upon England's throne. Her beloved son Richard Lionheart is missing, presumed dead--and the court whispers that her younger son John is plotting to seize the crown.

Meanwhile, on the snowy highroad from Winchester, a destitute young man falls heir to a blood-stained letter, pressed into his hand by a dying man. The missive becomes Justin de Quincy's passport into the queen's confidence--and into the heart of danger, as he pursues a cunning murderer and jousts with secret traitors in Eleanor's court of intrigue and mystery. . . .

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Carolyn E. wrote on 2/18/2007...


From the cover . . . "Epiphany, 1193. Eleanor of Aquitaine sits upon England's throne. Her beloved son, Richard Lionheart is missing, presumed dead -- and the court whispers that her younger son, John, is plotting to seize the crown.

"Meanwhile, on the snowy high road from Winchester, a destitute young man falls heir to a bloodstained letter, pressed into his hand by a dying man. The missive becomes Justin de Quincy's passport into the queen's confidence -- and into the heart of danger, as he pursues a cunning murderer and jousts with secret traitors in Eleanor's court of intrigue and mystery."

Bonnie F. (harmony85) wrote on 7/22/2006...


Plots abound during Eleanor of Aquitane's reign...

Bernie N. (Bernie) wrote on 4/23/2006...


Epiphany, 1193. Eleanor of Aquitaine sits upon England's throne. Her beloved son Richard Lionheart is missing, presumed dead--and the court whispers that her younger son John is plotting to seize the crown.
Meanwhile, on the snowy highroad from Winchester, a destitute young man falls heir to a blood-stained letter, pressed into his hand by a dying man. The missive becomes Justin de Quincy's passport into the queen's confidence--and into the heart of danger, as he pursues a cunning murderer and jousts with secret traitors in Eleanor's court of intrigue and mystery. . . .


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