The Plantagenet Prelude (Plantagenet 1)
When William X dies, the duchy of Aquitaine is left to his fifteen-year-old daughter, Eleanor. But such a position for an unmarried woman puts the whole kingdom at risk. So on his deathbed William made a will that would ensure his daughter's protection: he promised her hand in marriage to the...
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When William X dies, the duchy of Aquitaine is left to his fifteen-year-old daughter, Eleanor. But such a position for an unmarried woman puts the whole kingdom at risk. So on his deathbed William made a will that would ensure his daughter's protection: he promised her hand in marriage to the future King of France. Eleanor grows into a romantic and beautiful queen, but she has inherited the will of a king, and is determined to rule Aquitaine using her husband's power as King of France. Her resolve knows no limit and, in the years to follow she is to become one of history's most scandalous queens.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780099493266 (0099493268)
ASIN: 0099493268
Publish date: 2007-02-01
Publisher: Arrow Books
Pages no: 432
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Travel,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Literary Fiction,
Medieval,
Historical Romance,
Fiction,
Historical
It has been well over a decade since I read anything by Victoria Holt/Jean Plaidy, so maybe my memory is failing me or I have become a more demanding reader, or this just isn’t one of her best works. Or maybe Slovene translations (I used to read her works in Slovene, back then, and this is the fir...
I read this based on fairly positive reviews and the fact that I normally love reading anything about the Plantagenets. This is one of the few books that I have started that I did not make myself finish. From the first few pages I was annoyed by the author's habit of repeating the same information o...
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