# Cruel as the Grave

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- Book: [Cruel as the Grave](https://www.bookquiver.com/sharon-kay-penman/cruel-as-the-grave) ([Cruel as the Grave.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/sharon-kay-penman/cruel-as-the-grave.md))
- Authors: [Sharon Penman](https://www.bookquiver.com/sharon-kay-penman)
- Publisher: fawcett
- ISBN: 978-03-4544-144-7
- Pages: 272
- Published: 2001-10-30
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

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...