Richard’s journey home was almost as eventful as his crusade. He had made several dangerous enemies during his time in the East, among them Duke Leopold V of Austria, whom he had insulted and humiliated during the division of spoils after the fall of Acre. A white-mantled Templar disguise was not sufficient to keep the Lionheart from falling into Leopold’s hands when he was shipwrecked in the Adriatic several weeks after leaving Acre.
