Lion Heart
A Novels, Fiction, Historical book. Lion Heart by Justin Cartwright has a lot going for...
Richard Cathar recalls his recently deceased father, Alaric, as a delusional hippie, one who fancied himself an intellectual and a historian. One of many far-fetched claims was that he had discovered-and then lost-documentation of a meeting between his hero, Richard the Lionheart, and Robin Hood after the Third Crusade.In a quest to sort out the fact and fiction of his father's life, Richard (named for the legendary king) leaves London and travels to Jerusalem, where he falls in love with the mysterious Noor, a journalist who herself has many secrets. Back in England, he continues his research, finding his own evidence that Richard the Lionheart recovered the True Cross from Saladin. Again he sets out, this time on the trail of the True Cross, which leads him through the Middle East and Europe-and to the powerful sense that myth and history may be inseparable.Justin Cartwright's latest novel is an utter original. Full of insight into the life and...
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- Pages: 352 pages
- ISBN: 9781620401835 / 0
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Lion Heart by Justin Cartwright has a lot going for it as a novel. It has great characterization with Richard Cathar, who can easily evoke sympathy, the mysterious and troubled Noor and Haneen who keep you second guessing as to who they really are what is really going on, and the eccentric Lord Huntington who, I suppose, everyone needs... The lead in this book expresses a certain level of cynicism about literature of various types, and specifically names and denigrates Dan Brown. He also has a negative assessment of creative writing lecturers, but had the author paid more attention to creative writing tips he would not have written such a sub-Dan Brown piece of pulp,... just finished it. really marvellous. Hardly any of the irony or knowingness that made The Promise of Happiness and Other People's Money so delighful. BUT Cartwright's decides to commit you to an improbable story, and one he will try to make moving and emotionally resonant. And he succeeds. I wonder would a woman read it differently?...
