After hearing of the bloody fate of Loches, castles now held by the foe in my lord’s vast southern dukedom opened their gates to us and threw themselves on Richard’s mercy: and, as ever, it delighted the King to be magnanimous in victory. The forces of Geoffrey of Rancon, Richard’s enemy in the s...
I told him no, and had some difficulty in keeping my temper. I am not a pauper, it is true, and Westbury has been bountiful in the past few years, but I will not throw good money away on this ridiculous form of ostentation – and for a fake as well. By God’s mercy, I managed to restrain myself fro...
An army eats a great deal and I knew they would all be in our soldiers’ bellies before the week was out. Robin rode out to meet us as we approached the wood that was our camping ground. My lord congratulated us on our successful raiding and then said: ‘When you have eaten and rested, ...
Alan Dale sat under a huge red-and-white-striped awning, at a table on the western promenade just outside the walls of the citadel of Acre, drinking twice-watered wine and eating slices of cool melon. His eyes ached from the glare but he had chosen this spot because he relished the cooling breeze...