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Cruel as the Grave by Penman, Sharon Kay is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Cruel as the Grave about?
April 1193. Englands King Richard Lionheart languishes in a German prison, and treason scents the air. Richards younger brother, John, seizes Windsor Castle, and Dowager Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine summons her trusted personal queens man, Justin de Quincy, to do the impossible mediate a truce with her rebel son. Amid such fateful events, the murder of a Welsh peddlers daughter seems small. But the cruel demise of the beautiful Melangell so troubles Justin that not even a threatened French invasion can keep him from investigating her death. Yet can he bring Melangells craven killer to justice? From the Inside Flap 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 Aquitaine summons her trusted personal ?queen?s man,? Justin de Quincy, to do the impossible? mediate a truce with her rebel son. Amid such fateful events, the murder of a Welsh peddler?s daughter seems small. But the cruel demise of the beautiful Melangell so troubles Justin that not even a threatened French invasion can keep him from investigating her death. Yet can he bring Melangell?
Who reads Cruel as the Grave?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Penman, Sharon Kay
- Publisher
- Fawcett
- Published
- 1998
- Language
- EN
- Category
- work of fiction
- Rating
- 3.42 / 5 (28 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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