Autumn of 1192. After leaving Jerusalem in the hands of the Saracens and agreeing on the terms of a peace treaty with their leader Saladin, Richard the Lionheart is finally free to return to his troubled kingdom. He is accompanied by the devoted knight Ferdia, also known as Rufus. Shipwrecked off the coast of Italy, the king and his small band are forced to undertake a desperate journey through lands under the rule of enemies. It will be a long time before Richard sees his homeland — he will be captured, and while waiting for a ransom, ruinous for the English treasury, internecine wars will flare up in his possessions.For the first time in Russian!