Shield of Three Lions — Pamela Kaufman

When knighthood was in flower and troubadours sang, when men fought long bloody crusades and women obeyed, a stout-hearted young girl cut her golden locks and rode as a boy. From her English castle to the battlefields of the Holy land to the bed of the king himself, mingling with bawds and minstrels, courtiers and soldiers, she hid her true sex and noble ancestry, sought to regain her lost lands and -- in spite of everything--to become a woman.