{"product_id":"9781448205653","title":"The Golden Lion","description":"Dick Grainger is growing up in Yorkshire and Maria Verzotto is in her far-off home in Monteleone in Sicily when they first hear the story of the Golden Lion - the story of a hero, a prince who wins his princess. Later, Helen Connors, the child whom Maria adopts, and Guy, her painfully-loved son, will read it too...\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBut there is another Lion: the Lion of Monteleone, who rules his village kingdom through extortion, kidnapping, murder. This is the Lion Maria remembers from early childhood days when, hidden in a linen chest, she hears what has become of her missing cousin - a knowledge so terrible that it haunts her all her life.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThrough Maria the two are linked, just as through Maria two worlds are linked: a world of poverty and power in Sicily; of privilege and pain in Yorkshire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Golden Lion\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the savage reality of human life which lies beneath the glorious childhood dreams - the reality which includes as well as love, infidelity and betrayal, revenge and loss. Pamela Haines has created a magnificent, sweeping saga of love and pain and self-discovery. Her characters, related and inter-related by blood, by love or by destiny, have that rare and compelling quality: they live and breathe.","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47154688360688,"sku":"9781448205653","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781448205653_p0.jpg?v=1763827216","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781448205653","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}