Justin de Quincy is summoned to Paris, where he learns of a document implicating him in a plot to kill his brother, King Richard, forcing Justin to find out who forged the document before Justin is accused of regicide.
Justin de Quincy, the illegitimate son of a high cleric, becomes invaluable to Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine when he delivers a letter to her with information about the fate of her first-born son, Richard Lionheart, England's king.
Justin de Quincy, working on behalf of Eleanor of Aquitaine to find her missing son Richard Lionheart and prevent Prince John from usurping the throne, is distracted when he becomes obsessed with the death of a beautiful, beloved young girl found murdered in a local churchyard.
Justin de Quincy, the illegitimate son of a high cleric, becomes invaluable to Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine when he delivers a letter to her with information about the fate of her first-born son, Richard Lionheart, England's king.
Richard, the second surviving son of Henry Plantagenet and Eleanor of Aquitaine, inherits the throne from his brother, before embarking on the Third Crusade, a conflict that is complicated by the schemes of his usurping brother, John.
