The Book of Eleanor
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780609609064 (0609609068)
Publish date: March 12th 2002
Publisher: Crown
Pages no: 528
Edition language: English
Eleanor of Aquitaine is one of the most interesting figures in history. First duchess of Aquitaine in her own right, then queen of France, then queen of England, she held a great deal of power.This book starts with her imprisonment by her second husband, Henry II of England, in Wales. She asks for...
Straight historical fiction, except for a few rather insignificant appearances by the ghost of the title character's grandfather....However, in this case, the emphasis is on 'fiction,' not 'historical,' even though the author is an academician.Eleanor of Aquitaine was a strong, scheming, politically...
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