num_pages: 277
description: Using characters known to recorded historyincluding one to become the real Sheriff of NottinghamElizabeth Ashworth weaves a tale of loves lost and found during the exile of Richard the Lionheart Richard Fitz-Eustace's return from Palestine is far from joyous. Damned by leprosy he must bid his family a final and sorrowful farewell and leave his estates at Halton Castle forever. Condemned to shun the company of others he must now find a place of solitude where he can seek forgiveness for sins committed in the Holy Land for which he is certain he has earned Gods curse. Resolved to live out his life as a hermit he journeys north into the newly named county of Lancashire. But this is no arbitrary journey; there is one last obligation to be undertaken for his grandmotherhe must seek out her kinsman Sir Robert de Lacy at Cliderhou Castle and there press his consideration of her claim to his estate. While at Halton Richards headstrong 14-year-old sister Johanna is distraught. Her other brother ruthless and ambitious Roger has returned to take his place as head of the family. He and Johannas mother have contrived a marriage for her to a wealthy old landowner and without Richards protection there seems little she can do about itunless of course she can escape and find him.
language: English
title: The de Lacy Inheritance
publisher: Myrmidon Books Ltd