What do You think about The Heart Of The Lion (2007)?
Richard, son of Henry II, comes to power upon the death of his father. The newly crowned King of England and Duke of Normandy fees his mother as his first act as King. The Queen Mother Eleanor sets about to make Richard, always her favored son, the most powerful ruler in the world. Though he is honest and forthright and has the presence to be such, he is too easily distracted. He tosses off his betrothed for the Princess Berengaria of Navarre, who makes him a loving and devoted wife. Alas, she wastes her talents on him, as he never truly returns her affetion.Most of Richard's reign is consumed with a crusade to free Jerusalem from the Saracens, which is ruled a failure. The rest is taken up with squashing the rebellion led by his brother John at home in his absence. For all that he could have been a great ruler, he never really allowed himself to rise above unconquerable general.Plaidy is a talented spinner of tales, although her earlier works are a bit slower paced.
—Tania
