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She lives in Mays Landing, New Jersey..
Additionally, she has written four medieval mysteries: The Queen\'s Man, Cruel as the Grave, Dragon\'s Lair, and Prince of Darkness.
About the Author: Sharon Kay Penman is the author of the historical novels A King\'s Ransom, The Sunne in Splendour, Here Be Dragons, Falls the Shadow, The Reckoning, When Christ and His Saints Slept, Time and Chance, Devil\'s Brood, and Lionheart. and blood runs red in the dragon\'s lair. . .
The queen\'s treasure is nowhere to be found, but assassins are everywhere .
In wild, beautiful Wales, his devotion to the queen will be supremely tested-as an arrogant border earl, a cocky Welsh prince, an enchanting lady, and a traitor of the deepest dye welcome him with false smiles and deadly conspiracies.
When a ransom payment vanishes, Eleanor hastily dispatches young Justin de Quincy to investigate.
His mother, Dowager Queen Eleanor, ransacks England for gold to buy his freedom, while his younger brother, John, plots with King Philippe of France to ensure that he rots and dies in chains.
King Richard Lionheart lies in a German prison, held for ransom by the emperor.
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