![]() ![]() Eventually realizing he could not take Jerusalem, he returned to Europe three years later. ![]() The son of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry II joined the Third Crusade shortly after being crowned king of England in 1189. Still, most of the book is devoted to a familiar rehashing of Richard’s life. Boyle believes there might just be a grain of truth to this old tale, and he is determined to get it out of the nursery and back into serious history. He skulked from castle to castle, crooning, until one night a voice from deep within a tower returned his tune, and Blondel knew he had found his king. Perhaps you remember Blondel, the devoted troubadour, from a nursery story: While Richard the Lionhearted (1157–99) languished in prison, Blondel wandered throughout Europe, singing a tune Richard would know. ![]() British journalist Boyle ( The Sum of Our Discontent, 2004) examines a favorite medieval legend. ![]()
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