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A king can lead an army into battle and still be unable to command his own heart.
In Maurice Hewlett’s The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay, Richard the Lionheart stands between bold action and inward doubt. The son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine grows up amid fierce family quarrels. His marriage to Berengaria of Navarre serves the state, but duty does not settle the claims of feeling.
The Third Crusade carries Richard east alongside other Christian princes, including Philip Augustus of France. Their alliance is uneasy, and the search for glory brings both praise and loss. Through rich, formal prose that recalls a medieval chronicle, Hewlett explores what a king owes his people—and what he owes himself.
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- A divided king Meet a Richard whose courage in battle stands beside uncertainty in matters of the heart.
- Love against duty Follow the tension between a marriage of state and the feelings no royal duty can settle.
- An uneasy crusader alliance Enter the Third Crusade, where Richard shares a cause with princes he cannot easily trust.
- The cost of glory Consider how ambition wins praise while raising hard questions about a leader’s obligations.
- A chronicle’s rich texture Settle into formal, old-fashioned prose that gives this knightly world its distinctive weight.
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- A king shaped by a knightly age
- Love and duty pull in two directions
- War in the East tests the crusader
- Honour, ambition and the cost of fame
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by Maurice Hewlett· 1900
Richard the Lionheart faces war and his own divided mind.
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A king shaped by a knightly age
The novel is set in the later twelfth century, when kings led armies in person and the Church called Christians to recover Jerusalem. Richard, son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, grows up in a family known for fierce quarrels. Hewlett presents this house as a place of pride, rivalry and strong will.
From the start, Richard is a figure of energy and appetite. He loves war, song and the open road more than quiet government. The author gives him the glow of a legend while still showing the faults that come with such a nature.
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Maurice Hewlett
1861–1923 · English historical novelist
Maurice Hewlett (1861–1923) was a British novelist, poet and essayist. He was born in Weybridge, Surrey, and later lived in Broad Chalke, Wiltshire, where he died. His novels include The Forest Lovers, published in 1898, and The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay, published in 1900.
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What is The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay about?
It is a historical novel about Richard I of England, the Lionheart. It follows his life as king and crusader, and shows a man pulled between love, duty, ambition and war.
Why is the book called Yea-and-Nay?
The nickname points to Richard's divided nature. It suggests a man who could say yes and no in the same moment, bold in action yet often torn in mind and heart.
Is Richard Yea-and-Nay a true story?
It is a novel built around a real king, Richard I, who ruled England from 1189 to 1199. Hewlett uses real history as a frame but tells it with the freedom of fiction.
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