by Elizabeth Chadwick
by Elizabeth Chadwick This is a historical fiction about Eleanor of Aquitaine, spelled Aileanor in the original French and for the novel. She is forced to marry the young Prince Louis of France and soon becomes the Queen of France. She is depicted as a strong personality, but living in a time wh...
Elizabeth Chadwick has been a can't miss author for me. Eleanor of Aquitaine is one my favorite historical subjects. The combination of these two things should have made for a book that begs to be devoured in a day, right? Not so much. For starters, the elephant in the room is Sharon Kay Penman's...
The first book in Chadwick's series about Alienor (Eleanor of Aquitaine). It basically covers her marriage to Louis and the very beginning of her marriage to Henry. Chadwick's Alienor is not only in keeping with her brief appearances in the Chadwick Marshall books, but also with the image that most ...
Elizabeth Chadwick has long been on my radar for historical fiction but when I stumbled across her website, I was put off by her somewhat unorthodox methods of research and her rather kitschy book titles. This really didn't sound like someone who took her historical accuracy all too seriously. So wh...
My standards might have been too high for this one to meet. I cannot read the story of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine without having Sharon Kay Penman's novels in the back of my mind. Chadwick's version has a different focus, so far, looking at Eleanor as a young girl and Queen of France, so that...
The Summer Queen tells the story of Eleanor of Aquitaine from the time she was betrothed to Louis VII of France at the age of 13 until the beginning of her marriage of Henry II of England and becoming Queen of England. I have read other historical fiction concerning Eleanor, so I did know some tidb...
Yes, I know that I am a shameless EC fangirl. Every new release has me scanning the offerings from England, and when I see a new title, I swoop down on it like an owl on a field mouse. This time Ms. Chadwick tells the early story of Eleanor of Aquitaine, one of the most fascinating women in history,...
The Summer Queen is the first in a planned trilogy based on the life of Eleanor of Aquitaine (or Alienor as she is called here). After the glut of Eleanor novels a couple of years ago, this review is written with the assumption that most readers are familiar with Eleanor’s history. This review will ...
Won as a giveaway over on Elizabeth Chadwick's blog. Thanks Elizabeth!Now we'll find out what the Akashic Records have to say about Eleanor and her Uncle Raymond ;-).
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