Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Biography
by:
Marion Meade (author)
"Marion Meade has told the story of Eleanor, wild, devious, from a thoroughly historical but different point of view: a woman's point of view."—Allene Talmey, Vogue.
"Marion Meade has told the story of Eleanor, wild, devious, from a thoroughly historical but different point of view: a woman's point of view."—Allene Talmey, Vogue.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780140153385 (0140153381)
ASIN: 0140153381
Publish date: 1991-11-01
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 416
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Biography,
History,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Medieval,
Biography Memoir,
France,
European History,
Historical,
12th Century
Eleanor grew up in the Dukedom of Aquitaine at a time when most of France was ruled by England. In northern Europe, and England, women had little social standing. Aquitaine, in the south, named "land of waters" by the Romans, was a rich land, filled with orchards and vineyards; life was good for tho...
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