The fabulous tale of treachery and friendship, of romance and mystery, as Blondel the troubadour searches for his captured friend and king, Richard of England.

With the memory of a peasant girl burning in his heart, Blondel moves through danger toward ever-more danger. he is bewitched by a dazzling unicorn and breaks bread with a poetic giant; he is captured by a vampire countess and trapped in the arms of a lascivious lady....

Gore Vidal brilliantly fused legend with history to recreate the fury and splendor of the world of Richard Lion-Heart.