Dragon's Lair - first US edition

by Sharon Kay Penman - signed

Third in the historic mystery series about Justin de Quincy, the queen's man. July 1193: Richard Lionheart, eldest and most favored son of Dowager Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine is being held for ransom by the Holy Roman Emperor. His brother John plots with his country's bitterest foe, King Philippe of France, to see to it Richard never leaves Austria alive. But the Queen has already begun to meet the ransom demands, and it is only a matter of time before the Austrians turn over their royal prisoner. Then one of the ransom payments vanishes in rebellion-wracked Wales. Into this maelstrom, Eleanor sends her trusted man, Justin de Quincy-and murder soon follows.

Book has red boards quarter-bound with wine-red cloth; with gold stamped spine and device on front board; clean inside and out, signed by the author on the title page. Read once with care.

Dust jacket is in fine condition, always mylar-protected, with a detail of an illuminated 14th-century manuscript; designed by Jess Morphew.