Richard the Lionheart - Born to War: The King Who Spent His Entire Reign on the Battlefieldr

Born to War: The King Who Spent His Entire Reign on the Battlefield – Richard the Lionheart From a squalling infant in a drafty Oxford nursery to the most feared warrior king of medieval Europe, this is the true, tragic story of Richard the Lionheart — a man raised among thunderstorms of ambition, fluent in French poetry yet barely able to speak English, who spent nearly his entire life at war and almost none of it actually ruling the kingdom that made him a legend. Drift back nearly nine centuries with us as we follow Richard from the troubadour courts of Aquitaine to the blood-soaked sands of the Third Crusade, from a shocking betrayal by his own family to a fortress prison in the heart of Europe, and finally to a forgotten castle siege where a single crossbow bolt would end the life of one of history's most legendary kings. Along the way you'll meet his extraordinary mother Eleanor of Aquitaine, his treacherous brother John, and his great rival and unlikely friend, Saladin. This is a slow, calming bedtime history story — narrated gently, designed to help you relax, unwind, and drift off to sleep while learning the real story behind the legend of the Lionheart. Whether he was England's greatest warrior-hero or a glory-chasing king who drained his own kingdom for war, his story is one of the most dramatic — and strangely soothing — tales in medieval history.