Review: Thoroughly Enjoyable
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 5, 2014
I thoroughly enjoyed this book from start to finish.  It showed the entire campaign of Richard the Lionheart during the Third Crusade.  Many novels may deal with one or two major episodes but this novel followed Richard (and de Culle)  from Messina to Cyprus to Acre to Jerusalem and finally to his capture by Leopold in Austria.  There were plenty of battles, ambushes and tactical as well as political strategies.  There was also burning heat, thirst, insects and disease to add to the crusaders woes.  Then there was also much intrigue going on back in England that people back there had to deal with.This was better than any history book.  If anything, it was an enjoyable history with interesting and believable characters that one could have a good deal of empathy for.