Hardcover with dust jacket. (iv), 474 pp. Publisher's red cloth over blue boards, gilt lettering and decoration (three lions) on spine, three lions blind-stamped on cover. Maps on endpapers. This is a very clean copy, without marks or other blemishes, and seemingly unread. Dust jacket has only very slight chipping at head of spine. Book is tight and square. FINE/NEAR FINE. Shield of Three Lions is breathtaking and exciting, a panoramic tapestry of a novel set in the Middle Ages, that weaves the sights, the sounds, the smells and the pageantry of a magical age with the story of Alix, an extraordinary young heroine. Resourceful, inventive and irrepressiblt inquisitive, the violently orphaned Alix disguises herself as a boy to seek an audience with King Richard the Lionhearted so that she can regain her plundered estate. More than befriended by the noble and complex Richard the Lionhearted, she is chosen to serve him as a page during the Crusade. The journey to the Holy Land and the war against the Infidel form the backdrop for one of the most unusual love triangles ever chronicled. Pamela Kaufman is a graduate of U. C. L. A. where she received her Ph. D. In English literature. She is the author of Shield of Three Lions (1983) ; Banners of Gold (1986) ; The Book of Eleanor: A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine (2002). . Book Club Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (iv), 474 pp