Title: The lute player
Description: A tale inspired by the Third Crusade is told from the viewpoint of a companion minstrel and describes the relationships between King Richard and two strong women including his possessive mother, Eleanor of Aquitaine, and Berengaria, the Princess of Navarre.
Subjects: Fiction, Fiction in English, History, Minstrels, Richard I King of England; 1157-1199, Blondel de Nesle: active 12th century, Biographical fiction, Historical fiction, Gay rulers, Gay musicians, Fiction, historical, general, England, fiction, Fiction, biographical, Great britain, fiction, Fiction, general
Places: Great Britain, England
People: Blondel de Nesle (12th cent), Richard I King of England (1157-1199)
Time periods: 1157-1199