{"product_id":"lionessheart-1","title":"Lionessheart By Hanley, Catherine","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘... brings the medieval world vividly to life, recreating the always fascinating and sometimes dangerous world in which Joanna moved.’\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eAll About History\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRichard the Lionheart travelled to far-flung realms, went on crusade, met kings and popes, and exerted a great deal of influence on the world around him … and so did his sister.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sons of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine have been the subject of much historical attention, but their daughters have been curiously overlooked. The youngest of them, Joanna, led a particularly extraordinary life full of adventure and danger – and not a little controversy – that was more than a match for those of any of her brothers, including the famed Lionheart himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLionessheart\u003c\/em\u003e is Joanna’s story, and also an exploration of the wider world of the twelfth century as seen through the eyes of a woman who was a princess and a pioneer, a warrior and a wife, a captive and a queen.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57836214911358,"sku":"NW9781837052653","price":13.03,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/lionessheart-1","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}