Years ago I read a novel about Richard, where there was a girl who joined Richard's army dressed as a boy, and Richard finds himself attracted to her, but as a boy. Is it this novel:
Lionheart: A novel of Richard I, King of England by Martha Rofheart
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Help: Is this that Novel on Richard I?
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Sounds like the Pamela Kaufman book(s), but I haven't read them so I can't be sure.
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[quote=""Misfit""]Sounds like the Pamela Kaufman book(s), but I haven't read them so I can't be sure.[/quote]
No, this book was out long before her books was published, I read it in the late 80s or early 90s, the book I mentioned was out in 1981.
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No, this book was out long before her books was published, I read it in the late 80s or early 90s, the book I mentioned was out in 1981.
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It doesn't sound like Rofheart's book from Tanzanite's review- there is a mistress who produces Richard's illegitimate son, but Tanzanite makes no mention of cross-dressing i you could check with her, I guess
http://shelfandstuff.blogspot.com/2008/ ... heart.html
Are you sure it wasn't Kaufman's Shield of Three Banners? It was published in 1984.
http://shelfandstuff.blogspot.com/2008/ ... heart.html
Are you sure it wasn't Kaufman's Shield of Three Banners? It was published in 1984.
[quote=""annis""]It doesn't sound like Rofheart's book from Tanzanite's review- there is a mistress who produces Richard's illegitimate son, but Tanzanite makes no mention of cross-dressing i you could check with her, I guess
http://shelfandstuff.blogspot.com/2008/ ... heart.html
Are you sure it wasn't Kaufman's Shield of Three Banners? It was published in 1984.[/quote]
It really does sound like the Kauffman book, and I've read the sequel to that one, and understand that there is a third one out. They were amusing, but not very accurate.
http://shelfandstuff.blogspot.com/2008/ ... heart.html
Are you sure it wasn't Kaufman's Shield of Three Banners? It was published in 1984.[/quote]
It really does sound like the Kauffman book, and I've read the sequel to that one, and understand that there is a third one out. They were amusing, but not very accurate.
Sounds very much like the Kauffman book. The dress-up heroine is called Alex/Aliz of Wanthwaite as I recall and she invents some sort of straw device so she can pee standing up. Richard fall for her as a boy and then discovers she's not. There's a rugged Scottish hero in the background who speaks in an accent borrowed from a Robert Burns poem.
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[quote=""annis""]It doesn't sound like Rofheart's book from Tanzanite's review- there is a mistress who produces Richard's illegitimate son, but Tanzanite makes no mention of cross-dressing i you could check with her, I guess
http://shelfandstuff.blogspot.com/2008/ ... heart.html
Are you sure it wasn't Kaufman's Shield of Three Banners? It was published in 1984.[/quote]
I think it's Shield of Three Lions. There's a follow up - Banners of something or other - Gold?
http://shelfandstuff.blogspot.com/2008/ ... heart.html
Are you sure it wasn't Kaufman's Shield of Three Banners? It was published in 1984.[/quote]
I think it's Shield of Three Lions. There's a follow up - Banners of something or other - Gold?
Les proz e les vassals
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