by Alison Weir
Let's call this historical-ish.Eleanor of Aquitaine, who was amazeballs, was made boring as hell for more than half of the book. This intelligent, strong, feisty twice-queen apparently spent a lot of time being sex crazed and thinking of only (tedious) sex with whatever man she could get near. Her...
I looked forward to reading Alison Weir's story of Eleanor of Aquitaine and I was disappointed. I thought it more romance than history. From what I learned in history class Eleanor was a force to be reckoned with not a bed hopping harlot – a bit overstated. I am sure there are other historical novel...
A very solid 4 stars!This is the first book I've read by Weir, and I wouldn't hesitate to read more from her given her engaging writing style and depth of knowledge. Eleanor is an intriguing character and I found myself really liking her throughout the book. I saw in other reviews that some people w...
Eleanor of Aquitaine was first married to King Louis of France, but he was more interested spending his time in prayers than with his wife. She’s not happy and extremely bored and when it’s suggested that Louis finds a new wife to get much needed male heir she’s not resisting. Then she meets young H...
The fact that Eleanor is portrayed as this sexually hungry woman was a huge turn off to me. Obviously, yes, she had 10 children in 14 years so she must have had sex often, but I don't want to read about that. I want a good, strong story that doesn't take place mostly in bedchambers. I was only about...
This was a decent book, but I think it could have been a lot shorter and better had the author not repeated herself so many times. The historical details are very interesting and I will probably read some of Ms. Weir's non-fiction to see if I like it better. It seems like she's still working on find...
I thoroughly enjoyed thie the first time and as I plan to read Elinor of Aquitaine I thought I would re visit it.It goes to show though that you might be Duchess or higher as a single woman but once you married your husband whoever or whatever he might be immediately became more than your equal but ...
1.5 stars. http://shelfandstuff.blogspot.com/2010/06/captive-queen-by-alison-weir.html
DNF. Lost the will to live at around page 200.
http://misfitandmom.wordpress.com/2010/06/20/captive-queen-by-alison-weir/
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