Richard, Luca and a tiny little sportscar…
Until I began researching for the Gisborne books, I knew very little detail about Richard the Lionheart’s history – that is beyond the glib oneliners: ‘A Crusader par excellence’, ‘He would sell England if any would buy it.’ Always between Hollywood and the history and romance had been the image of a tall, proud man with red-gold hair who was as strong as an ox and who had a mother of whom even Popes were afraid.