Troubadour’s Song: The Capture, Imprisonment and Ransom of Richard the Lionheart 0802714595, 9780802714596

Originally published in Great Britain in 2005 by Penguin as "Blondel's Song: The Capture, Imprisonment and Ran

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Troubadour’s Song: The Capture, Imprisonment and Ransom of Richard the Lionheart
 0802714595,  9780802714596

Table of contents :
List of Illustrations
Maps
Dramatis Personae
Family Trees
Acknowledgements
Prologue: The Legend of Blondel
1. The Courts of Love
2. The Age of Light
3. Paris and Jerusalem
4. Acre
5. Setting Sail
6. Disguise
7. Blondel's Song
8. Prison
9. A King's Ransom
10. The Return of the King
11. The Very Last Day of Chivalry
Epilogue: The Legend of Blondel, Reprise
Appendix: Richard's Prison Song — Written in Captivity, Summer 1193
Notes and Sources
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