Cruel as the Grave by Sharon Kay Penman

272 pages first pub 1998 (editions)

fiction historical mystery informative mysterious slow-paced
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April 1193. England's King Richard Lionheart languishes in a German prison, and treason scents the air. Richard's younger brother, John, seizes Windsor Castle, and Dowager Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine summons her trusted personal -queen's man, - Jus...

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3.67
based on 261 reviews

Moods

adventurous: 100%

dark: 66%

mysterious: 66%

reflective: 33%

sad: 33%

tense: 33%


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