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"Evocative . . . A rich tapestry of a bygone age and a judicious assessment
of her subject's place within it." - Newsday. Renown in
her time for being the most beautiful woman in Europe, the wife of two kings
and the mother of three, Eleanor of Aquitaine was one of the great heroines
of the Middle Ages.
At a time when women were regarded as little more than chattel, Eleanor
managed to defy convention as she exercised power in the political sphere
and crucial influence over her husbands and sons.
In this beautifully written biography, Alison Weir paints a vibrant
portrait of this truly exceptional woman, and provides new insights into her
intimate world.
Eleanor of Aquitaine lived a long life of many contrasts, of splendor and
desolation, power and peril, and in this stunning narrative, Weir captures
the woman - and the queen - in all her glory.
With astonishing historic detail, mesmerizing pageantry, and irresistible
accounts of royal scandal and intrigue, she re-creates not only a remarkable
personality but a magnificent past era.
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