| Cruel as the Grave Contributor(s): Penman, Sharon Kay (Author) |
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ISBN: 0345441443 ISBN-13: 9780345441447 Publisher: Fawcett Books OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: October 2001 Annotation: April 1193. England's King Richard Lionheart languishes in a German prison, and treason scents the air. Richard's younger brother, John, seizes Windsor Castle, and Dowager Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine summons her trusted personal "queen's man," Justin de Quincy, to do the impossible- mediate a truce with her rebel son. Amid such fateful events, the murder of a Welsh peddler's daughter seems small. But the cruel demise of the beautiful Melangell so troubles Justin that not even a threatened French invasion can keep him from investigating her death. Yet can he bring Melangell's craven killer to justice? |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Historical - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Traditional - Fiction | Thrillers - Historical |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Queens Man |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 4.18" W x 6.91" (0.29 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 48135 Reading Level: 6.8 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 12.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: April 1193. England's King Richard Lionheart languishes in a German prison, and treason scents the air. Richard's younger brother, John, seizes Windsor Castle, and Dowager Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine summons her trusted personal -queen's man, - Justin de Quincy, to do the impossible- mediate a truce with her rebel son. Amid such fateful events, the murder of a Welsh peddler's daughter seems small. But the cruel demise of the beautiful Melangell so troubles Justin that not even a threatened French invasion can keep him from investigating her death. Yet can he bring Melangell's craven killer to justice? |